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Originally Posted by KarlB
I'm going to wait to see if Apple comes out with a tablet computer of some kind (as they're rumored to be). If it can run a Kindle app (like the iPhone) and has a big color touch screen, it might really be a "Kindle DX killer", for me anyway. The eInk screen has never been much of a selling point on the Kindle for me; I'd prefer a nice bright backlit LCD.
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Hopefully Apple will use their epic design foo to make it light and comfy to hold. Since eink is so power conservative, it cuts down on the heat and the size of the battery. The Kindle DX is only slightly over 1lb. Apple got the Air into 3lbs so a 1lb tablet seems quite possible by them, but the Air only gets about 4 hours of battery life. This is why I'm hopeful about the Pixel Qi stuff. Sure, if you want to use backlight like a regular LCD the battery life won't be that great but most of the times you're reading, you won't need backlight so if you need to stretch your battery life, you have a choice.
I also agree that I want a touchscreen. I don't like the current Kindle annotation method. It's a bit cumbersome. I don't do a lot of annotation but I would with a large reader.