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Originally Posted by jswinden
You can put as many bells and whistles on an eInk reader as you want to such as waterproofing and light layers, but it is still an outdated technology that will never again see a major improvement in text quality.
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I enjoy reading on my kindle and would buy another if it broke, but I am also doubtful about the long-term viability of e-ink reading devices. I think that we may be near the limit of what the technology is capable of providing and don't expect any further major improvements to e-ink quality. Something like OLED may provide a better trade-off between power efficiency and screen quality for the future. I believe that e-ink in consumer devices will eventually go the way of the plasma TV.
ETA: I expect the battery life and screen quality of main-stream phones and tables to improve over time, making special purpose e-readers a smaller and smaller niche, which will likely eventually disappear entirely.