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Originally Posted by PurpleStar
I'd love to see a colour e-ink reader. You know, one that displays the covers in colour!
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barryem is essentially right it seems to me. Though that is as far as just plain reading goes, which is what I presume many care most about.
It is true though, that part of the reading experience for a good number of us, is the cover image and any internal images in a book, which black & white does not really do justice to.
So without color, it is not quite the full experience yet, in many instances. It might be a little thing, but obviously a big thing to achieve, going by how long it is taking to come to fruition.
Of course, you could be like myself and many others, and use a tablet for ebooks that warrant it due to images. But then you forego the benefit of E-Ink.
I am very doubtful after all this time, and due to the advent and rise of tablets (iPads, etc), that we will ever see a color E-Ink device. I still hope we do, but I am even fearful of a standard E-Ink device remaining viable, in the face of what a tablet can do, and the costs involved. Many want value for money, as they perceive it, and most don't appreciate the benefit of E-Ink.
Perhaps if the price of E-Ink devices continues to come down, there might be some hope. Color in my estimation would make a big difference, but the developers and backers are the ones needing to be convinced of a decent return for the R&D.
I believe in the right tool for the job, but that doesn't always turn out to be case in the long run. Perhaps in decades to come, many will look back and indeed see a E-Ink as a device that was a novelty for a period of time. It will never be so for me or a good number of others here I suspect.