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Originally Posted by Grauheim
Other than the touch screen, most of this stuff is just software, which isn't really expensive if you can amortize it over millions of units. I'm not even convinced annotation is really that important. Things like very easy searching and bookmarking are much more crucial.
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Annotation is huge IMO.
I highlight and took notes all over stuff as an undegrad and especially as graduate student.
As a professor it's even more crucial. Searching and stuff is nice, but I really just need to be able to flip through something I've read carefully once and marked up and find the parts I needed, and be able to recap my thoughts on it.
It's hard to find time to read something carefully and mark it up as is--so it really needs to be as efficient as writing and highlighting on a print out or paper book is.
Additionally, such technology makes it feasible to have students e-mail papers and I can do corrections and comments on it stylus just like I mark them up with a red pen now. And on a tablet that would be quicker and more comfortable to do that say trying to do it using track changes in word now which requires a laptop or PC which isn't comfortable to sit and read on for a long period of time vs. holding a table that's about the size of a sheet of paper.
Mark up capability is a must for me in my use of papers, articles and academic books.