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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
The problem with the PDA analogy is that PDAs didn't have any advantages over smart phones, thus when you could have both functions in one device, the PDA no longer made sense. It's fine to say that the advantages of e-ink aren't important to people like you, but you should remember that not everyone is like you.
LCD has a long way to go to match the readability of e-ink, and even farther to go to match the battery life if e-ink. If batteries were improved to increase the battery life of an LCD tablet, new e-ink readers would also have these improved batteries. So perhaps you could improve the battery life of LCD tablets to a couple days, but that same improvement would add weeks to the battery life of an e-ink reader.
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The new better screens are closing the gap. I find my Samsung Galaxy Note screen easier to read than my previous tablets/phones and there have been two more generations of Notes since.
Battery life is an issue, but part of this is also because you are using it for so many things. When you play movies, listen to audio and use it as a phone.
My smart phone is on the charger whenever I am not using it and I never really have a problem with running out of power. So, for me, the battery life issue is negligible.
For me, I just can't see carrying a second device for reading. And yes, we do have an e-ink reader in the household that I have read on but it isn't being used right now.
Of course, everyone isn't me, but I think the e-ink sales loss numbers shows that more people are moving my way than towards the dedicated e-ink reader path.