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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Well, if you take a cheap tablet and replace the (horrible, I agree) screen with a decent e-ink screen, the battery life should improve...
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Anyone tryed this?
Seriously, there's even a cover for Samsung S4/IPhone with a eink screen, it was announced and showed at the MWC in Barcelona last year o in 2013, I can't remember
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Originally Posted by James_Wilde
Personally I have an old Iriver Story, which is getting to the end of its useful life but if it weren't for that I'd say I love it, and now I'm looking round for something else that uses e-ink, preferably can play music, and handles epub format.
Any comments or suggestions?
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You could always buy the BoyueT62/+ which is Android. If I had the money I would surely buy it, freeing me from the Amazon tight-closed fw and the pdf conversion problem (for some full-of-imgs books it's really a pain, even with ktopdf!) :3
As for the tablet vs. ereader battle, it depends on personal tastes and choices; I used to read ebooks on my 4.5" phone or notebook, but I always had sore eyes and a huge headache after few hours. With my Kindle I can read for hours on end, enjoying it especially now that is summer and I can rest to the shade and breeze of a vineyards or woods :3
And when in my room I turn on
this 
@conan50: the reason behind ereader's high prices is that there's not much competition and availability (due to logistics and market policying) all around.