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Perhaps I can make an analogy. 10 years ago this forum hopping. Lots of excitement and new ereaders seemingly every week to talk about. Similar to the smartphone explosion back when there was Nokia, Blackberry, Palm, Microsoft, Sony Erricson and Apple.
There was a shaking out and we are left with 2 platforms. A very expensive, premium, "walled garden" iPhone, or a "mine your personal and location data to sell to whoever" Android platform.
That's it. No other options. Now, you can spend a little or a lot on an Android phone. They come in all shapes and sizes. But there is no Palm, no Blackberry, no Nokia (Foxconn rents the brand name) etc.
If you like keyboard phones....you are out of luck, nobody makes them any more.
The best iPhones and Androids a FAR better than any iPhone or Android phone has ever been....with higher prices as well.
I am not so happy with the current state of the eInk "post shake out". What we have are devices tied to specific stores. You can go out of your way to sideload books....but that's a hassle.
And the prices never got to "cheap", IMHO. That's why I still haven't bought one. Tablet prices dropped faster than eInk devices such that I have to justify to myself spending a good deal more for a single function device. And I just don't read outside enough to justify the purchase.
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