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junkyardwillie · 06-05-2009, 12:35 PM

Yup, meant Plastic Logic, not Paper Logic.

With its slow refresh rate (compared to a tablet pc), B&W only display and lack of ability to load software on it, are people really looking at a DRS versus a Tablet PC. There is a vast gap between what the two products are able to do, they are more competing against everyday paper that you would have to carry around with you or print out not a tablet pc that is far more versatile. I'm not sure how they would even begin to compare the two, if you did the drs should be even cheaper as it lacks so many features of a tablet pc.

But to get back on the topic of their announcement, I hope they are able to meet their timeline, it seems like every year color eink is 12-18 months away and it never gets any closer. Whoever is developing it needs to speed up the timeline as there are so many new technologies coming out (PixelQi netbooks, iphones, tablet netbooks) that people can use to read on their target market is going to get smaller and smaller as people get more options

06-05-2009, 12:35 PM	#46
junkyardwillie Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 570 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Onyx Note Pro, Kobo H20 and iPad	Yup, meant Plastic Logic, not Paper Logic. With its slow refresh rate (compared to a tablet pc), B&W only display and lack of ability to load software on it, are people really looking at a DRS versus a Tablet PC. There is a vast gap between what the two products are able to do, they are more competing against everyday paper that you would have to carry around with you or print out not a tablet pc that is far more versatile. I'm not sure how they would even begin to compare the two, if you did the drs should be even cheaper as it lacks so many features of a tablet pc. But to get back on the topic of their announcement, I hope they are able to meet their timeline, it seems like every year color eink is 12-18 months away and it never gets any closer. Whoever is developing it needs to speed up the timeline as there are so many new technologies coming out (PixelQi netbooks, iphones, tablet netbooks) that people can use to read on their target market is going to get smaller and smaller as people get more options Last edited by junkyardwillie; 06-05-2009 at 12:54 PM.