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Originally Posted by Alohamora
Yup, the 6 inch tablet is going to kill off 6 inch e-ink devices.
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I would question that assertion. I think there are sufficient people who use a mobile device purely for eReading that e-Ink eReaders will survive (being ideally suited to this one task), at least as a niche market. And I think 6" eReaders will continue to dominate that market, as they're small and light enough to read one-handed and fit into most jacket/coat pockets.
I think technology improvement will continue to be slow, as (i) fewer and fewer 'must-have' new features remain to be invented and (ii) the market is near saturation point, at which point the market moves from bringing in new buyers to buyers for replacements for broken/obsolescent units (reduced growth in turn reducing R&D budgets), but would not expect it to stop entirely.