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Originally Posted by HarryT
Trouble is, though, Alf, that the market for large-screen devices has been largely overtaken by tablets.
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I don't think so. How are we even supposed to know that the market has been "taken over" by tablets if there has never been any real competition?
I think there are a lot of people who (would) prefer a full A4 sized E-ink reader over their tablet or, like me, have never bought (not for the purpose of reading, that is) a tablet and will only buy a E-ink reader when it comes out.
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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.
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I think it's both a question of personal preference and context. Personal preference as far as habits and eye-sight is concerned. I, for example, have enormous problems reading on a screen for a long period and concentrating.
But I think you can also admit that there are certain situations in which a iPad just doesn't cut it. Battery duration, lighting conditions, even a two additional inches on the screen might be worth it (though not $500
). As far as occasional reading is concerned, any screen will probably do. But "heavy duty" reading - academic books and papers, scores for music, etc: I don't think any kind of tablet is well suited for the job for many people.