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Originally Posted by Gerraldo
Who needs enhanced multi-purpose eReaders running Android or the like, if I can have a full-blown computer with Win7 and a 9" touchscreen like the Archos?!
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I don't want this to look like I'm clutching at straws and defying the overload of counter-arguments.
I also want a liseuse to be foremost a reader, not a multipurpose device. But while all the advantages of an eink reader can be kept, there will still remain huge potential for other useful features.
E.g. Kindle already has a wireless connectivity, why not use it to *READ* your emails on the go (not in present liseuses, that ship already sailed, but in the new generation with 3G)? Or occasionaly *READ* some web page or blog online. Or check and *READ* your schedule and there can me many other applications for eink readers that don't interfere with their qualities that make them great for reading.
And Android was only an example - an impersonation of an open, common platform and impetus for a better standardization.
I, for instance, wouldn't want an Archos; 90% of the time on my computer I spend with reading (emails, blogs, rss feeds, wiki entries etc). I would love to transfer some of that reading to eink screen.