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Elfwreck · 12-10-2009, 12:54 PM

I agree with Sweatpea: lots of BW e-ink in 2010, with color to follow in a year or two.

And I think most of it will be badly done. Over-hyped, buggy, proprietary, crammed with features nobody who reads ebooks actually cares about ("oh look! Animated book covers!"), and needing 2-4 software updates to be basically as functional as a seven-year-old PDA.

MR's forums will be flooded with newbies asking "how can I make my WhizReader work with Kindlebooks," and they'll get upset when told, "um, install Python, and google for arcane programming instructions about DRM removal."

12-10-2009, 12:54 PM	#15
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	I agree with Sweatpea: lots of BW e-ink in 2010, with color to follow in a year or two. And I think most of it will be badly done. Over-hyped, buggy, proprietary, crammed with features nobody who reads ebooks actually cares about ("oh look! Animated book covers!"), and needing 2-4 software updates to be basically as functional as a seven-year-old PDA. MR's forums will be flooded with newbies asking "how can I make my WhizReader work with Kindlebooks," and they'll get upset when told, "um, install Python, and google for arcane programming instructions about DRM removal."