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Originally Posted by Rizla
I am personally convinced that if a large screen e-ink device that could read and annotate pdfs and be used as a monitor was brought to the market, it would prove profitable. All we need is a DX with Android on it, and keyboard / PC integration built-in. It seems to me that this is a place where the market is failing. It seems to me that the big players are going after the lion-share market segment and are unwilling to take chances in the more marginal (but still potentially profitable) new e-ink areas. Sure, they'd make less with a large, multi-purpose open device, but they'd still make money. That's business, I know, but it's slowing innovation.
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It's always been the case that niche markets tend to be exploited by small companies rather than large ones: a niche market that would be too small to be worth bothering with for a large company can be a good business opportunity for a small one. You can of course buy an eInk PC monitor such as the one made by DaSung, although Nate's experience thus far suggests that it's perhaps not yet ready for "prime time". See his thread about it in the Lounge forum.