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Originally Posted by Jason90
It's hard to see how they can improve the screen beyond what is used in the kindle voyage,It's pretty much perfect and reads like a printed book...even better i might add,the next step needed are for larger eink devices in the 10" range,a 300ppi 9.7" eink mobius display based on carta would probably make for my ideal ereader,i say mobius because the glass based current 9.7" ereader are far too heavy,the switch to mobius would reduce the device weight by about half judging by how much the DPT-S1 weighs and it's size. Maybe we could expect such a device at the end of this year or next year...but i suspect unless amazon bring back the DX line and introduce a successor i don't see eink developing a specialized high PPI large screen for anyone else.Amazon seem to be pushing the technology along with everyone else getting it at a later date.
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Although I think the Kindle Voyage screen is excellent, I think it can still be substantially improved by moving to a lighter, more durable substrate. This would both yield direct benefits, and allow a thinner and lighter chassis because it no longer needs so much rigidity to protect it. Although Wexler FlexONE was perhaps a flawed design, it offers some perspective to how light an eReader could be (110g).
On larger eReaders, I would only expect slow progress, as (i) they are a niche submarket even within the niche market of eReaders, and (ii) this is a niche where the greater versatility of LCD/OLED tablets gives them the greatest competitive advantage (disincentivising eReader manufacturers from spending too much money on this subniche).
The period of rapid expansion of eReader ownership is over, and I think with it the period of large-scale investment in eReader technologies. I suspect any further investment will be small, carefully calculated, and more likely to be targeted at incremental improvements rather than revolutionary ones.