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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
That may be all true, but all that matters to us non-techies....
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Actually, very little of what kamm says is true, at least on this topic (as well as on the topic of the quality of US universities, and a few others
) A (very) little knowledge can be a very dangerous thing.
But as to Apple being a potential Kindle killer, it may, if it does OLED.
I am starting to think, that OLED might be the "killer app" in the e-reader market: Non-backlit, viewable in sunlight, longer battery life, super-fast refresh rates....
It is expensive, so it is difficult to believe that we'll see it on a sub-$1k tablet, if Apple indeed introduces such device in the next couple of months.
But if it does, others will follow shortly, and OLED might be a game-changer, in high-volume production.
If a tablet can last for a day of reading, it will be right up there with iRex, in terms of battery life. Which, while not stellar, is at the point of acceptable for a reader. And it will be in glorious color, which opens up a lot of other publishing possibilities.
I guess, we'll find out in a few weeks. Or months.... But my (often wrong) sense is, Amazon might have known, that something "wicked" this way comes, and that's why it had this out of nowhere Kindle DX announcement.