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Originally Posted by jswinden
...and stay away from eInks in the future.
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Personally, I don't really have a problem with reading on a tablet. Sometimes I read PDF's for hours if I need to, on a 10.1 inch tablet in landscape mode. (And yes, I *can* hold it for hours.)
Tablets would need to provide me with a few things to consider them to become the primary reader, in this order:
1. Readable in bright light.
2. No glare (or at least, not more than an e-reader)
3. 4:3 screen. 16:9 or 16:10 in portrait is just too long, and in landscape it's too wide. and not long enough.
4. Better battery life.
If Nr. 1 is achieved by just creating a tablet with a huge light output, then combining 1 and 4 is an oxymoron.
I think that at some point, e-ink for readers will disappear in favor of tablets with reflective LCD-screens. See:
http://www.diginfo.tv/v/12-0207-r-en.php
At some point, reflective LCD-screens will be outfitted with a back-light or front-light for low-light conditions, and as soon as the color and speed improves more, I think it'll be all over for e-ink, apart from the niches where HUGE battery life is necessary.
(About one week of battery life or so would be enough for me to be satisfied however. A current tabet, which only barely manages 8-10 hours when used in bright light, just isn't good enough.)