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Originally Posted by MovieBird
A friend of mine in Hollywood refuses to take his MacBook outside his home, or sit in a Starbucks. He doesn't want to be associated with "those" people.
Think of every airhead, concerned with flash over substance, stereotype you can think of in Hollywood. For better or worse, that's also the Apple stereotype.
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I have to say, this is one of the weirder stories I've read. Hard to generalize about Hollywood, but from what I've seen, your friend might be blowing smoke, or has bigger problems....
Anyway, I do think e-ink needs to worry. The iPad doesn't compete with cheap tablets - it focuses on a few core things, and from initial reports, it does them well.
One of these core things is reading. It will do both books and magazines. It is capable of presenting them as the publishers intend, both in terms of design and color. And it appears, that reading on the iPad will be as intuitive as on a dedicated e-reader, except that it will offer better navigation.
Add to this all the other things it does well (movies, music, games and web), and iRex and the Kindle will have a hard time competing.
I will reserve judgment on the screen, but IPS plus LED is pretty damned good. LED eliminates the slight flickering potential of fluorescent backlighting, and improves the color gamut, providing greater detail. IPS significantly improves viewing angles, with virtually no color shift as you change viewing position. I stare at one of these screens (yep, built by Apple
all day long, so I can attest that there is no eye strain.
I was a huge proponent of e-ink, but I am afraid, I've become increasing disillusioned with it. In 3 months, I'll have a couple Kindles for sale.