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Old 01-17-2010, 04:26 PM   #8
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Well, After seeing a Video on PB360... I have to say the size factor is very impressive and the real estate is very small. In fact it looks pocketable to some extent....as in Jackets and suit pockets ... plus it seems very impressive in many other respects....tempting........





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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
Hmm... that's a hard one to guess. I can understand the desire, especially if you just plan to read novels (without extensive graphics or the need for color) on it. If a dedicated reader with an eInk screen was pocket-sized, I'd be a lot more interested in owning one, myself.

OTOH, I don't know whether the profit margins would make a smaller device an attractive product for manufacturers. I suspect it would be hard to sell against the similar-sized color screens of smartphones, PDAs, etc. And I haven't heard too many public calls for smaller eInk screens (versus the calls for more e-book content for smartphones, for instance), so I don't know what kind of demand there would be for them.



Maybe, but that could take a while: LCD is established, and cost to produce is low thanks to standardization. Competing techs could have an uphill battle penetrating that market.
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