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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
True. I more meant to say that dedicated reader devices are here to stay. Regardless of whatever type of paper-like screen tech is used in the future.
There's a sizable niche of people who want devices that are simple to use, have no purpose other than being readers, and thus are completely designed and optimized around reading.
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And since companies have demonstrated that crippled, slow devices can still sell and appeal strongly to certain audiences (especially with lingo like "optimized for reading", that's marketing gold right there), they will likely continue putting out low-end hardware tied with e-paper screens for quite some time. That's not a terrible terrible thing, it may spawn a real rediscovery of popular reading and put more pressure on evolution and improvement of the ebook industry. One of the reasons it hasn't is because the devices are obscenely expensive. Perhaps one day, they'll be business promotional gifts like calculators are today.