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It is all about preference and individual needs. I have mostly retired my PW1 and use my Kindle Fire HD (2013) to read from. It has better contrast, the fonts look better to me, and 10 hour battery. Plus I can switch to text-to-speech if my eyes get tired. I also have my Bible app with audio versions available. The tablet gives me more options, which I like, in one device, and can serve as a computer with email, calculator, calendar, note-taking abilities, and more. I think e-ink ereaders and their enthusiasts will be around for a long time. Yet I believe smartphones and small tablets are going to grow in popularity because of people only wanting to carry one device, and that device being able to do more than one thing. Amazon has removed features from their e-ink devices, certainly since the Kindle Keyboard. Meanwhile their tablets have never looked better, never been at better prices, never been in such a small form factor. We will see what shakes out in the next few iterations of tablets, but my bet is on tablets. E-ink really has nowhere else to go, but tablet screens will continue to improve, as will battery life, but as it is tablets are pretty good.
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