Thread: What does the iPad mean to the eReader market?
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Old 01-29-2010, 12:33 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by astra View Post
Any potential book reader who would be interested in iPad would not be interested in eInk in the first place So, how could iPad affect eInk based eBook reader world?
That's just silly to try to speak in such absolutes.

I have a Kindle and love it. But I'm very interested in a tablet device--and reading on it is a large part of it.

I need a big screen with stylus support for reading and marking up academic PDFs. I need a big color screen for magazines and newspapers.

I love the e-ink on my Kindle, but I have no interested in something like the Kindle DX, the Que etc. when I can get a color tablet that can do all my large screen reading needs and do video, internet games etc. Especially with the iPad setting the price below all but the Kindle DX (and only $10 above it).

So I'll wait for a tablet that fits my needs, and not pay more for a large screen e-ink device that's slow, laggy and would only get used for a few work related reading/markup activities.
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