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Originally Posted by yuliang
The purpose of eReaders should be divided into two: leisure reading and professional reading. Concerned with the first one is portability but not functionality. Concerned with the second one is functionality but not portability. When I'm reading scientific papers, I just put the reader on the desk, so it could be A4 or even A3(two A4 side by side) and very heavy, but I it should be easy and fast to switch among multiple documents and it should be a touch screen so that I can annotate and do calculations on it. The first purpose has already been fulfilled by existing devices, but the second one is not. Is it because of the technology limitations or because the second market is smaller than the first one?
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Agree 100%.
These discussions tend to go in circles as most here are just interested in e-readers for leisure.
Us academics etc. need a professional device with a larger screen, ability to annotate with stylus, flip pages and switch documents quickly etc. and size, portability, battery life etc. are less crucial.
I'll keep a small reader around for leisure reading, but I really need some A4 or close sized tablet for work. I'll just keep sticking with books and printouts of pdfs until there's a suitable device at a reasonable price.