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Originally Posted by momghoti
Maybe. But, it's not my hoped for future  I like the small size of a dedicated ereader; the reading experience is very similar to a paper book without the storage problem or the dust. I don't even feel the urge for color; I think it's just something else to jack the price up and maybe foul things up. I'm a bit concerned that if this new tech takes off, with it being basically a modification of an existing tech, it will shove epaper off the radar before the kinks are worked out, especially the flexible screens.
On the other hand, I'm excited about the possibilities for laptops. I would love the option to read websites/email without a backlight and have the extended battery life. |
What I see is if the 3Qi and subsequent evolutions of the tech deliver as they really seem they are going to, then I sense the obvious shift will be to more portable pocket type readers for most people. I would certainly consider a 5" or 6" reader (for the 6" only as long as the case is in the size rage of the current 5" readers and a couple actually deliver there, I just forget which). Still, I love reading, and actually prefer, trade paperback size format. From a recent thread here I learned that the current 9.7"-10" readers basically provide about the same relative page size. So, even if the device itself is a bit larger, I will be watching for a device that delivers in this area as well.
I mean there will be times I just want to read and no reason not to have a secondary device for that single purpose. So, I see in general a bit of pressure actually being taken off the backs of the eink based industry by the adoption of the Pixel Qi displays. Think is there growth curves will likely show a decline in the short term, until they can determine, yet again, where the sweet spot in the marketplace exists.
For me I suspect the 5" reader will be my secondary device, yet still the ~9"-10" format has it's perks too given the close approximation of the trade paperback size. And again, I am talking about the actual display not the device dimensions on the case of the large format reading device.