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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I would offer up the idea that Amazon simply isn't wedded to the idea that readers absolutely, positively have to use monochrome screens. Take the eink requirement off the table and look at the 8.9" FIRE models as reading devices and what do you see? Fast, responsive readers with high resolution color, excellent TTS, audioebook sync, great for comics and rich content ebooks. And open to optional epub support.  |
But, it has crap outdoor readability and battery life compared to an e-ink reader, and THAT is exactly what I want. Need, even, as I read in public transport and while waiting outside, in mid-summer. A tablet is just useless. The addition of a front-light was a godsend, making the reader usable in dark(er) conditions too (while waiting in the restaurant of a train station, for example).
The front-lit e-ink reader enables me to read any book in any condition, without worrying that the battery life will run out before I get home, and that is something a tablet can not (yet) offer.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Unless you absolutely positively have to have eink...
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I don't. To be honest, I don't care what sort of display the device has, but e-ink + front-light currently is the only combination that can create a device with the characteristics I want.
If there will ever be a tablet with a two week battery life, and readability in darkness to desert conditions, I'll jump on it.