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Old 01-12-2015, 08:58 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I read a lot of academic A4-format PDFs, and find that I can read them very comfortably on my iPad simply by expanding the page size so the margins are removed. Everyone else I know who needs to read PDFs also uses an iPad, or equivalent large-screen Android tablet. I'm just not convinced that there is a market for large-screen eInk devices any more.
I think there is a market. But it requires a device that is bigger (full A4/US Letter), lighter, cheaper and more robust than the iPad.

Technically such a device is possible, it's the economic aspect that's the problem. At £200 I think lots of people would want one. At £1000 not very many at all.
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