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Old 12-11-2009, 12:33 PM   #7
Baumi
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
An eInk screen would be utterly unsuited for a media tablet, which is what Apple would unquestionably be interested in, rather than a dedicated bookreader.
That's true - it's just that all the "Kindle killer" articles out there paint the picture that this will be superior to eInk in every way because it can play video and has colours. They don't mention at all that this will also bring all the usual drawbacks in terms of readability and battery life. The usual argument basically goes: eInk is a flawed, oudated technology, the media tablets will get it right. One German newspaper commentary even showed the writers' hopeless ignorance by claiming that "poor battery life" was actually a problem of eInk-based devices.

What it comes down to, I guess, is just that I'm afraid that a good technology like eInk might actually suffer because media pundits are putting it down before most people had a chance to experience it for themselves. (At least over here in Germany, ebook readers are still very rare, because of the publishers' insistence on ridiculous pricing.)
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