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Originally Posted by Josieb1
I don't actually own a Aura HD yet, I keep looking at it though, although with three active ereaders I can't really justify a 4th, but that doesn't stop me wanting one.
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I can tell you that the size and ppi matter. What I can't say is whether anyone else will offer an e-reader with the same resolution or better. Logically, you'd expect Amazon to do so, but the Paperwhite has been a conduit for other upgrades. I've been hoping that Jeff Bejasus would surprise us with secret e-ink tech (which you'd imagine he could, since Mr. Bee-Sews controls the most powerful market for e-reader hardware), but so far, only Kobo has been interested in offering such a niche device.
Does anyone remember the e-reader with a printed display and circuitry that promised to emerge for years and finally was relegated to the Underworld of Unrealized Electronic Playthings? I remember it vaguely from the days of the Kindle 2 but can't remember its name, which keeps dangling stray consonants on a wire and suddenly whipping it skyward while giggling. I seem to recall that its creators were academics.
Aha! The name for which I've been grappling is
Plastic Logic and the e-reader that never arrived was called the
QUE Pro.
This was the story for a year or two.
What if we were offered killer specs for a print-on-demand e-reader, or even variations tailored to our specific needs?
Mad Dog Alphas were the first 3D-printed headphones and they've sold quite well. What's to prevent us from enjoying printed hi-res e-readers someday?