Thread: iPad For all those who hate the iPad:
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Old 02-03-2010, 07:31 PM   #62
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Originally Posted by splendor View Post
as i said before, i planned to by an Ipad with Pixel Qi screen for $1200, but now im not even buying for $499. without that kind of screen, i doubt it will succeed in ebook market
Apple would never use a screen such as Pixel Qi. The iPad is squarely aimed at people who would like to watch video and pictures on it. Those will account for 90% of those who will buy the device. The colors and speed of the Pixel Qi would never satisfy them. The Pixel Qi in its current state is a bad compromise -- a poor reader screen and a stone age color screen. A great idea but Mirasol and other new technologies will kill it before it ever really gets off the ground. I guess that we will see a few devices with Pixel Qi screens will be coming out, with lackluster sales, and they never make it to the second or third generation.

There is no way -- with current technology -- that Apple could have made a device that satisfies their main target market AND avid readers. That is still 2 years off.
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