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Originally Posted by Abelturd
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.
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I agree, an open, common platform for eReaders would be a very good thing, but as lots of readers are build from the same hardware basis, how would they differ and find their OSPs for the customers?! Why buy this and not that device? So at the moment, I think it's only a dream...
The problem is... If I need to spend $250,-- on an eReader and $450,-- on the Archos Net-Tablet, what would an eReader Plus cost? I don't think it'll cost less then $450,--, so... If prices don't drop radically on eInk devices they'll die - simply just because you get so much more for the same price or even less! (And if I say die, I mean "not be of any interest for the mass market"; there are still players available for LPs or MCs etc.)
BTW: Do you really want to surf the Net on a B/W screen with 8 greyscales? And mails, blogs and wiki more and more rely on flash content and the like...
To cut a long story short... I use my CyBook as long as it lasts for eBook reading and I'm happy with it as it's now - don't need no st*nking updates anymore!
For the more advanced stuff (+ PDFs, Comics etc.) I'll buy me an Archos Tablet.
