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Originally Posted by leebase
With the slowdown of eInk sales and the continuuing explosion of tablet sales...can we finally put this issue to bed?
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No... and your post sounds like flame-bait.
Those numbers are pointless to the discussion. I have both, use them for different purposes. Carry my Kindle PW everywhere for reading. I use my tablet for web browsing, games, music making (MIDI controller), watching streaming video, etc. Completely different devices for different uses. I NEVER read long form text on it. Those tablet based tasks require more horsepower than reading -- the incremental upgrades are much more significant to the primary use cases than any upgrade to an e-reader could be. eInk readers from any generation that had at least a Pearl screen have shown only minor improvement, leading to a slowdown in sales. Why upgrade a device that works so perfectly?
Another anecdote: I bought my mom both a Kindle Fire and a basic K4B... she uses the fire for games, texting, web browsing, etc... NEVER reads on it -- she STRONGLY prefers the K4B for reading.