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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Then why does he have one?
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I've stated quite a few times, including once in this thread already. I guess I can ramble on about it again and make all the fawning e-ink admirers ignore me.
Yes, all e-ink screens are mediocre so far. I tolerate one because I'm lame enough to want to read English books while living in a country where they're not always easily available for a reasonable price, and while moving frequently enough and occasionally living in small enough places to make possession of a satisfactory physical library exceptionally difficult. I still have quite a lot of books, and I almost never read on my Sony at home (if I have the paper book, I'll read that, and if I have the ebook, I'll read it on my PC if it's on). During my long commutes, if I'm bogged down with other books or don't have the paper copy, I keep the Sony around. It can be a handy distraction.
The Sony is a thoroughly mediocre device in pretty much every respect, excepting battery life and wake-from-standby time, both of which I do appreciate. Thinness may be admirable, though ergonomics are poor and offset the advantages of thinness pretty effectively. It may be good to bear in mind though that my meaning of mediocrity bears little to no emphasis on the negative connotation. Even my stronger negative language is tempered by reality somewhat. It can be a set of tolerable tradeoffs for relative convenience, depending on standards and situation.
When some Pixel Qi products come to market in the near future, I will reassess my personal tradeoff situation as 3Qi will introduce a bunch of new compromises (in terms of fixed-image optical properties though, I'll have no problem calling 3Qi mediocre as well, since it's apparently inferior to even E-Ink).Then likely again as other e-paper products that overcome E-Ink's current limitations get adopted in products.