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Originally Posted by kilron

no one with their head on straight would by an iPad to use as an eReader? can you explain why exactly? you make such a big statement but don't back it up with any reasoning. also tell me why such a device would have such tradeoffs?

I meant to refer to people on sites like this, not people in general.

The majority of people on here are wed to e-ink, and won't buy something like this to use mainly as an e-reader.

And for the avid readers, there will be tradeoffs in eye strain, ability to read in sunlight, battery life etc. Just the nature of the screen tech, added power needed for the other functions, vs. a dedicated reader with an e-ink screen.

discounting a multi-function device as an eBook reader simply because its a multi-function device is like saying that smartphones are bad phones and bad PDA's simply because they have the capability to do both.

Agree 100%. My post asking for a tablet subforum etc. was railing against this--as was my point about the name of the site.

Any thing that can display e-books is valid to be discussed here. And I get tired of hearing the same tired bashing from the e-ink lovers--which is why I didn't post here for a few weeks before the iPad announcement yesterday. It's just the same crap, from the same old bookworms over and over who can't see that others have different needs and reading habits than them.

i hear some people on here (who haven't seen an iPad in person yet), automatically discount it as an eReader because it doesn't have an e-Ink display. so my question is this... if Amazon or Barnes & Noble or Sony could produce high quality, color, backlit LCD displays with the same battery life and cost of an e-ink display, don't you think they would have that in all of their eReader devices instead of the eInk display?

I think that's part of the worry of the e-ink lovers. They fear that as time goes on stuff like this will kill off e-ink displays and they'll have nothing they can read e-books on for hours and hours with minimal eye strain anymore. So I think that fear builds up some of the resentment towards tablets and multifunction devices--vs. them just ignoring such devices and focusing on the devices that suit their needs.

I think the fear is misplaced, and as as long as there's a niche of people who want e-ink, some company will put out an e-ink model to make money off than niche. Even is Amazon for instance, puts out some LCD model, not reason they can't keep selling an e-ink model that does less for cheaper to tap into that portion of the market that wants e-ink.

So I think the fear should die down and people should quit being so gung ho in going around bashing the hell out of every multi function table that's discussed with "if it glows it blows" and the same tired arguments about eyestrain, battery life etc.

Those aren't major concerns for everyone, and if they are for you, then you're free to stick to e-ink devices and shouldn't be wasting so much time and effort going around posting negatively about tablets as they do fit other peoples needs.