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Originally Posted by leebase
EInk as a technology may well find other uses...as the article I linked to suggested. That's the growth area the company is pursuing in light of the collapse in the ereader marker
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And what do you think is going to happen, after e-Ink is able to create 40-60-80+ inch e-ink screens for an acceptable amount of money?
The 6 inch e-ink screens will practically be free. A small SOC (system on chip) is also extremely cheap, already. There is a lot of open source software available, from tiny Linux distributions to Android.
It will become possible to create a 6 inch lighted e-reader and sell it for $20; there will be enough companies that are going to do so. Maybe some will even turn it around: buy e-books for $50, get your e-reader for free.
I for one think that both the 6 to 8 inch e-reader and 6 to 8 inch tablet will disappear. They will merge into one device, with a screen that combines the advantages of e-ink and LCD.