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cutterjohn42 · 02-03-2009, 08:12 PM

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Sorry that was a little harshish, but the points that came up in further IRC discussions last night were that basically the only plus of an e-Ink devices is that SOME people find it easier to read. We could NOT find a single item of value beyond that, even one of the guys who had a kindle, although he wasn't entirely happy with it.

(Although according to him you can actually put your own content onto it locally without going through Amazon.)

Most of us that were in the discussion found the lack of integral lighting and to a lesser extent touchscreens on most of the devices, features of the OS/fws, and price to just not be worth it.

e.g. while the REB-1150 does have the best contrast it is more than adequate, supports the touch in a good fashion(or it did with the Nuvomedia Rocket OS -- no one had the 1150 version there last night), has a backlight, and well sound like it lasts just about as long as any of these devices on a single charge. Additionally although the battery is no really meant to be user replaceable, or easily it's MUCH smpler to take apart and replace the battery than say a PRS-700BC. It's resolution may be a bit lower as well, but as I've seen posted elsewhere here we're talking about text(for the most part) and it does that job more than adequately. At this point no one else could come up with anything that the e-ink devices do better.
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02-03-2009, 08:12 PM	#11
cutterjohn42 Addict Posts: 274 Karma: 1029955 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Palm IIIx, EBM-911, REB-1100(dead), PRS-505	[EDIT] Sorry that was a little harshish, but the points that came up in further IRC discussions last night were that basically the only plus of an e-Ink devices is that SOME people find it easier to read. We could NOT find a single item of value beyond that, even one of the guys who had a kindle, although he wasn't entirely happy with it. (Although according to him you can actually put your own content onto it locally without going through Amazon.) Most of us that were in the discussion found the lack of integral lighting and to a lesser extent touchscreens on most of the devices, features of the OS/fws, and price to just not be worth it. e.g. while the REB-1150 does have the best contrast it is more than adequate, supports the touch in a good fashion(or it did with the Nuvomedia Rocket OS -- no one had the 1150 version there last night), has a backlight, and well sound like it lasts just about as long as any of these devices on a single charge. Additionally although the battery is no really meant to be user replaceable, or easily it's MUCH smpler to take apart and replace the battery than say a PRS-700BC. It's resolution may be a bit lower as well, but as I've seen posted elsewhere here we're talking about text(for the most part) and it does that job more than adequately. At this point no one else could come up with anything that the e-ink devices do better. [/EDIT] Last edited by cutterjohn42; 02-04-2009 at 08:58 AM.