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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Not sure how anyone would be offended.
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It was the part where you suggested
older people wouldn't need that stuff...
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Size is the main factor. No need to hold a big table with say an 10" or letter sized screen to just read a novel. It's big and bulky and just as not as comfortable to read for hours. Battery life won't be as good as e-ink and eye strain worse until there's some screen tech that can do HD video etc. etc. and be easy on the eyes like e-ink.
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That's why I suggested that multifunction devices can (and certainly will) improve, increasing battery life, lowering weight, and improving visual quality... at which point, the advantages of digital devices will be lessened, and they may need to come up with some new tricks in order to stay relevant. Like... becoming multifunction devices...
And don't forget, so far we haven't seen the magazine or textbook media really break into e-books. As that media tends to be more visual, with added color, photos, diagrams, etc, you need larger screens to properly display all that... tablet- or letter-sized would be better than the standard size of most eInk screens available today.
So, if the present dedicated devices don't optimize themselves for what might ultimately be a much larger market than text-based literature, they could easily find themselves seriously marginalized by the multifunction devices.