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Originally Posted by binaryhermit
I just don't think eReaders are really a marquee product line anymore.
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I wonder if recent advances in the color eInk field might change the dynamics here. While color eInk technology has traditionally been too expensive and its performance unimpressive, I think the new generation (Kaleido 3, Gallery 3) is perhaps good enough to mark a tipping point where color might soon become the norm instead of the exception.
While colors are not so important for reading novels and other text-centric works, browsing a color device is just a generally more pleasant experience, and I think it does bring a potential for growth in the eInk device market - perhaps not as a direct LCD tablet replacement (watching videos will likely always remain a no-go on eInk), but as a more mainstream reading technology; there is no question that magazine articles with pictures, for instance, are more fun to read in color.