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Originally Posted by Sunspark
No, why do you need to have so many units?, many of which use the same screen technology. Wouldn't it be more sensible to have different units that used a different screen technology/version?
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Now I understand.
I actually love e-ink technology.
The two main units in my arsenal include the Kindle 2 and the Sony.
I read serious Literature by literary authors, and Amazon has the majority of works to choose from.
I have my Sony because it was the first unit I actually bought that used e-ink. I also love the Sony, especially its ergonomics. I read a lot of genre fiction on this unit.
My first real ebook reader I bought was the REB 1100 - a great unit for its time. I remember being excited as I counted the minutes downloading the latest Stephen King novel on it.
What can I say? I'm a techno-geek (without acne). I think microwaves were invented to cook cats [humor!], grandmothers to beat on the head with brooms and spare spatulas (I love alliteration.) I also like the Three Stooges and Federico Fellini, comedy and life from Jerry Lewis to Roberto Benigni. I like to challenge the status quo - getting boring people to look at the sky, instead of their scuffed shoes. Give me a zombie and give me guts, but also give me Louis Celine and Henry James. I think a lot of hot wind comes from Derrida and Foucault, and from people who live to quote these two - their god-invoked mantra - and, God help me! I was once the guilty. I want to tear down the smug Ivory Towers of Torrential Rhetoric, to reveal to the world the [Jack "Vance-ian"] magical purple gemstone that allows them to see mythic splendor for the actual reality of the rotted shacks that line their limited field of vision.
Long live Imagination, Freedom, and the ebook Reader! 
Don