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brecklundin · 10-09-2009, 05:45 PM

Put a PixelQi display in one of these devices and you have a great ebook/reading device:

http://tabletkiosk.com/products/sahara/i400s_pp.asp

Yeah, the price is waaaay too much for a "reader" but they have been making them for a few years now, they are super devices, offer everything a full PC does, well since they are actually PC's that is a given I suppose. Add a lower energy display make some basic changes to the onboard data storage (as in using an SSD which a 32GB 2nd gen drive is pretty cheap these days and more than enough as a casual device) and viola you have a device you can use for a full day of work/reading...

The evolution of the display tech but also storage of data and batteries will merge these Slate PC's with the current reading devices in less than a couple years, and at a price point near what readers are today.

10-09-2009, 05:45 PM	#22
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	Put a PixelQi display in one of these devices and you have a great ebook/reading device: http://tabletkiosk.com/products/sahara/i400s_pp.asp Yeah, the price is waaaay too much for a "reader" but they have been making them for a few years now, they are super devices, offer everything a full PC does, well since they are actually PC's that is a given I suppose. Add a lower energy display make some basic changes to the onboard data storage (as in using an SSD which a 32GB 2nd gen drive is pretty cheap these days and more than enough as a casual device) and viola you have a device you can use for a full day of work/reading... The evolution of the display tech but also storage of data and batteries will merge these Slate PC's with the current reading devices in less than a couple years, and at a price point near what readers are today.