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Originally Posted by DrMoze
I clearly disagree here. You can't shrink the display further (5-" is about it) and still have a conventional reading experience. The current reading devices are also petty thin, and battery life is great fore-ink: all factors that justify them as specialized reading devices. And e-ink is great for extended reading. I know you disagree, but that is only your minority opinion. Seriously, why do you even frequent an ebook site, and don't you get tired of hearing yourself constantly griping and dinging ebook devices? I know I do.  |
I didn't say anything about shrinking them. I said they are a device that isn't small enough to be specialized for long, and isn't large enough to be specialized for long. They're only specialized because the technology sucks at the moment. Pull out the bottleneck of weak technology and these things will diversify in function.
There's certainly a chance that ebook readers will continue to have a specialized niche market, much like portable dvd players (which have not yet been replaced by netbooks only by virtue of the media format) and video game players with 100 or 200 built-in low quality games haven't been fully outdone by more expensive mainstream consoles because they're so cheap.
I just don't see readers staying "specialized" in mainstream market though.
And I'm glad you've got low enough standards to be satisfied with e-ink. Hopefully in the near future, one of the proposed or demonstrated screen techs that blow vizplex out of the water will be brought to market and will satisfy both of us.