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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
If somebody says the SmartQ is useless as ereader just because it has a LCD screen, I don't think that person is comparing the LCD device with the e-ink device.
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There were two arguments: No E-INK and comparatively short battery life. That said we shouldn't take every word with a pinch of salt.
LCDs aren't that bad for reading, they have some advantages over E-INKs (especially performance, robustness and color) and they are getting better and better but they still lack the eye-friendly experience of E-INK while consuming more energy. I would buy a cheap LCD-based reading device for reading on the go if it offers good readability outside. The jetBook for example could be such a device as shown
here - but the SmartQ 7 just doesn't offer that good readability.