[Demas]

Originally Posted by Myself

I'm not [giving e-ink short shrift] it has its advantages, but it also is a dead end. . . . That doesn't mean that e-readers are doomed or wrong or unenjoyable to own.

So in my corner...

"Netbooks are dead. Long live the notebook."
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=3348

It’s important to remember that the netbook had its origins in the OLPC...

Those little computers were designed for school children in the developing world (hence the little keyboards, which weren’t so bad for tiny fingers). These machines cut corners on hardware in order to create super-cheap PCs in the $100-$300 range that could be widely deployed overseas in places that had extremely limited budgets.

But, then a funny thing happened. People in North America and Europe and Japan started ordering these netbooks. . . .

While netbook sales are expected to reach 25-30 million units in 2009, much of what is being counted as a netbook is looking much more like a standard notebook. Thus, I’d propose that it’s time to kill the term “netbook” altogether. It only serves to confuse buyers and it was a phenomenon that has clearly run its course.

- Jason Hiner, Editor in Chief of TechRepublic
- Lou Silverstein, a fellow of the Society for Information Display, consulting for VCD Sciences.
- Mary Lou Jepsen, PhD, EE, cancer survivor, holography, OLPC founder, Pixel Qi CEO
- IEEE/EETimes nominating Pixel Qi screen “the most creative electronics design of the year”.
- Popular Science with Senior Associate Editor Lauren Aaronson who runs PopSci’s Best of What’s New Awards (and nominated Pixel Qi).
- New York Times with Nick Bilton, NYT's Lead Technology Writer
- Dr. Travis Meredith, chair of the ophthalmology department at the University of North Carolina
- Michael Bove, director of the Consumer Electronics Laboratory at the M.I.T. Media Lab
- Professor Alan Hedge, director of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at Cornell University
- Carl Taussig, director of Hewlett-Packard’s Information Surfaces Lab
- E Paper Central with W Y Scott, PhD Chemistry, e-paper expert
- Gizmodo

Originally Posted by Gizmodo

In a battle against e-ink, which has so many obvious limitations, this [3Qi] really is the projected winner. We still need to see this thing in a device that's capable of running for "days" without a recharge, but we are hoping for that soon.

Source: Gizmodo

Originally Posted by Gizmodo

E-ink is a great digital tool for emulating what books were. But a horse with rollershoes can't keep up with the automobile, so why should we expect a digital book to keep up with modern media habits?

I fell in love with the Kindle last year . . . I'm giving up on it. I am waiting for a tablet. Same size, different priorities

- Engadget

Originally Posted by Engadget

One thing's for sure -- monochrome electronic ink displays are not the future of e-readers. If you ask us, the smart money is on multi-purpose devices running hybrid displays from Pixel Qi (or similar) like Notion Ink's Adam. Not only does this avoid lock in to a single content provider, but you maintain full Internet access with the ability to subscribe to materials from Skiff, Barnes & Noble, Borders, Blio, Google, and iTunes, for example, while enjoying the type of rich multimedia experiences that main stream media publications are keen to pursue.

Kindle, and its E Ink peers, are officially on notice.

Clearly, EiCs, PhDs, vision experts, advocacy groups, respected publications, and the two largest technology blogs in the world have no clue.

Although for my part, my lesson is that I need to remember to login after I clear my cookies so that DawnFalcon's posts stay ignored because it really was too easy to debunk (an empty challenge to a lack of authority while providing none of his own) and a waste of my time.

Once again, dmaul1114, thanks for the wise advice.