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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
9" or 10" would work for me if its thin and light. I have a brief case or book bag with me most of the time, so it doesn't ahve to be super small. Just preferably not as heavy as a tablet pc or laptop.
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Seems a little optimistic to expect to save much if any weight on a tablet pc since the many contributors to the weight would be the screen and the battery, not to mention that the requirement to be a tablet, but not a tablet pc is awfully specific too.
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Agreed. It's just based on what each person needs/wants. I just get annoyed on this site as so many people are just, bluntly put, fanboys of e-ink readers and get very defensive when people talk about preferring a good multifunction device to read on. I guess they worry such devices will kill off dedicated e-ink readers or something.
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So you don't think you came across as being more than a little arrogant in your declaration that ereaders were a technological dead-end and that the future belonged to multifunction devices?
The reality is far more likely to be that as the size of the ebook market expands there is room for more diversity rather than less since even the niches will be big enough to sustain products, although some of the diversity will just lead to a blurring of the lines between other types of device too.
Also, people having a preference for the screen technology that is currently far superior to the technological alternatives when it comes to reading for an extended period of time hardly makes them fanboys nor do these continuing attempts to label people do anything to improve the points you are trying to make.