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Originally Posted by leebase
Not that plenty of folks love their eInk devices...but it's clear that the market has spoken and that far and away most people can read just fine on a tablet or smartphone.
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Yeah, if you're a "reader" that reads about 6 books a year, then a tablet will be fine.
Read during a summer day, on a tablet. You don't even have to be outside. That alone is a reason to buy an e-ink device.
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Originally Posted by leebase
Ereader sales are declining. Their prices are at an all time low and their abilities better than ever...and their sales are still falling.
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So? Everybody who wanted an e-reader has one. After front-lighting got added, the e-reader was essentially perfect. All the rest is just fluff to entice people to upgrade; fluff that adds very little or nothing to the reading experience itself. At a certain point, the e-reader will not see any great improvements anymore. It'll settle to become a low-priced commodity, for people who want them.
All that hype about tablets is coming out of my nose. As if they're going to replace e-readers, laptops, and even desktops, because they "can do so much". As soon as you have more to do than type a one line e-mail, anything but a smartphone or a tablet is preferable.
The only two things I use mine for (and for which I bought it) is browsing the web (if I have nothing to type), and reading the occasional PDF.