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Originally Posted by jehane
The OP asked whether we would buy a large screen e-ink device that would read PDF and cost $100. Whether s/he can actually produce such a device at such a price is for them to work out. I'm pointing out that there is a market, particularly amongst academics and grad students. It may not appeal as a novel reading device (and I wouldn't use it as such) but that doesn't mean that it's not suited for other purposes. Pretty much all of the other responses only considered the novel reading audience.
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Even if there was such device, its annotating capabilities (highlighting, scribbling) would still be inferior to those in tablets, so, many students would again rather use faster color tablets instead or would simultaneously be using both as they can do even now, by reading on 10" eink while using tablet for faster annotating, searching, flipping, zooming, color recognition, multitasking, better dictionaries etc. .
I guess even in two-three years time when there will hopefully be many affordable 13" eink readers around (maybe even with integrated light), it will be about the same, because there will be affordable powerfull lighweight 12" tablets around (hopefully some with reflective lcd screens like Liquavista).