Thread: E Ink forecasts loss as ebook device demand falls
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Old 03-31-2014, 06:46 PM   #34
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Originally Posted by faithbw View Post
I don't think that's a fair comparison...I think a better analogy is what happened to 8track, cassette tapes, VHS, etc.
I've got a better comparison for you: MiniDiscs (coincidentally also pushed, and killed, mainly by Sony)! Great technology, but there were other technologies that came out to usurp it, and that were even MORE convenient. It was a bit of a "stop-gap" technology, destined to be developed upon and then become obsolete.

Having said that, we still haven't gotten rid of our MD's (it's a nostalgia thing) and they still work! Maybe eReaders will have a similar fate.

P.S. I will still choose eInk to read on, versus an LCD/Tablet screen ANY day! That is... if I have my eReader with me. But I do agree that they need to be more portable (the Kobo Mini is perfect but no one is making small ones now!).
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