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Well, this is charbax's thread after all. If you've got an issue with his point of view being posted, why continue posting in this thread?
I find it somewhat unfortunate that Apple didn't magically come up with a new screen technology that meets their requirements for high quality as well as our wishes for lighting and very long battery life, but I will still buy one as soon as they are out and I can afford it.
Being suitable for "mobile reading" is not only a factor of the screen technology, it also requires an appropriate form-factor - for which the iPad certainly seems to have to me. Many people read on netbooks here on mobileread; and the iPad has many (though not all) of the merits of a netbook without actually being one.
Because it does not have a keyboard, Apple had to come up with a new form of input, which they did with multi-touch on the iPhone. For me the application selection is quite sufficient, as there will be software which can read every major DRM eBook format on the market. Sure, I'd like to be able to download applications which haven't gone through Apple's approval process, but as an ebook reader, it will work perfectly fine. And if I really want some of those other apps, I can always jailbreak it.
So, I wouldn't say the iPad failed without Pixel Qi as an ereader. It's just not everything I had wished for. It still seems better to me than a netbook or my iPhone, as well as having greater format support than any other eInk device on the market.
It's obviously not right for everyone. If you have no interest in reading on an LCD screen, and consider it an offense against your religion that the device will require nightly charging, this is not the device for you. If you take offense to DRM, well...you'll have a hard time buying any ebooks legitimately. We don't even really have any solid info yet on what Apple's DRM will be - so can we discuss that when we know?
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