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Originally Posted by ManDay
As a Linux person I'd tend to using Linux, but that would probably require me to write a proper display driver (something, that's long been needed, for Wayland anyway) for the mobius. I guess most People would want Android, though, because it has a wider choice of touch-enabled software.
PS: I don't necessarily agree with your opinion that it's a niche product. In my opinion, it's the price and Sony's inept public relations which make it so. There are many people out there which read documents which only make sense to read on DIN A4 or larger, on a daily basis. Particularly education, business, and technical industries are full of them. Many, many would appreciate such a device at a somewhat reasonable rate (which might be around $200 at most, I admit, but we have to thank E-Ink for that, selling the Mobius at a premium only).
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Linux works. I actually prefer linux for devices like this. Just because there are more touch-enabled software doesn't mean it'll work well for this kind of device.
I'm calling it a niche product because I think that even if the price were to drop to around $500, most consumers in education, business, technical industries would probably still invest in an iPad or something similar over a limited function eInk device. I don't doubt that there are many people who could benefit from a device like this... I just think that most of them wouldnt buy one regardless. At $200 I might think differently since that would fall into a normal ereader (kindle, nook) type of price point but I don't see that happening unfortunately.
Something I've been thinking about lately since I've been reading more textbooks... I wouldnt mind a device that is even larger than the Sony. Maybe another inch or so diagonal would be sufficient. Some of these textbooks are larger than the standard letter size.