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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Why would you want this over a tablet?
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My use case would be mostly for notes and hand calculations at work. I hate carrying around a laptop to take notes with (I don't retain as much and I need to do freehand sketches a lot) and this would allow me to do all that plus have immediate PDF copies or even OCR'd copies of my notes available to send out. Longer battery life, light weight, and "paper-like" screen are all pluses over a tablet as well - at least when this was first proposed. I will need to evaluate more closely when they release specs/price for the 9.7 and 13.3 inch models.
It would also be nice to let my kids use as a drawing tablet in the car, it was supposed to be cheap enough and supposed to have a nice stylus to use with it. Tablet styluses aren't great in my experience (possible exception: MS Surface Pro which is ok). I am not sure that at $200 (more for the 9.7" and 13.3" sizes I am sure) it is cheap enough for this option anymore, at $100 it would have been ok.
With the new and improved version, I might also use it as an ereader, but that remains to be seen. I would probably like the 9.7 inch size for notes (minimum), but that is a little large for me to use as an ereader.