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Originally Posted by reb1
I can not see properly in low light situations. I bought my first palm for this reason. There are many products on the market with backlights and read anywhere screens.
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I love my Pilot, but I can't read it's screen outside in the daylight, so it's not "read anywhere" in my book.
In fact I can't think of
any display technology that can be read under all normally experienced conditions. Not even paper. It's a bit disingenuous to imply that Palm has overcome that, it has its trade-offs too, e-ink just has
different trade-offs.
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Originally Posted by reb1
Do we really need to pay money for something that dosen't take care of a basic need such as seeing what we are looking at. There are a large numper of Tablet PCs currently hitting the market.
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Which also can't be read in daylight.
I know a fellow that owns an engineering company. He equipped his guys with Tablet PC's to use in the field for filling out e-forms. They got out to their job sites and couldn't see the screen.
Trade-offs.
It comes down to what an individual user needs, and what best suits those needs. E-ink, and these devices, just aren't going to meet everyone's needs, so they'll choose something different. But that applies to
everything -- no one thing is
everything.
I mentioned that I love my Pilot, I've had one for ~10.5 years, and their products fill my needs in that area marvelously well (except the LifeDrives, blech), However, I regularly tell people that they shouldn't get a Palm when I find from talking to them that it won't do what they need/want to do.
These devices are no different. Nor is any device, for that matter.
You gotta decide for yourself what works best for you. I'm just glad that we live in a world that
does have so many options, and I think these e-ink readers are excellent additions to the option set.
