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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Those are E-Ink tablets, I'm not sure if they count as mere ereaders.  |
If one wishes to be picky, one could claim that
all eReaders are in fact tablets. I assumed, from the context, that by eReader he meant one with a non-backlit eInk display, rather than specifying that it should not be Android-based. Certainly the "NY Times and other periodical apps" suggests an openness to a system that is sufficiently open as to allow installation of third-party apps.
Speaking for
myself, I view any 'tablet' whose employment of eInk technology specialises it more towards eReading over more generalised computing activities to be an 'eReader', regardless of whether its operating system allows it some limited utility for those penumbral tasks. You say "E-Ink tablet", I say 'flexible new-generation eReader.'
