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My thoughts
To answer the poster's original question:
"I am a long time fan of eInk and I was wondering: what does the casual user think of the difference between what the iPad offers in terms of quality of display compared to a good eInk display for good old plain eBooks?"
I am now the proud owner of a PRS-505 and iPad, so I think I can give my opinion as to the comparison of the displays. TO ME, I prefer the eInk display for clarity and ease of reading a printed word, paragraph, etc.
But for me, the quality of display is but one factor that determines my ease of reading a document.
Even though I have to sometimes dim the backlight of the iPad to be able to comfortable read something, I have been tremendously pleased with the ease of reading PDF documents on the iPad.
The zoom feature (pinching your fingers) is wonderful. I can flip through pages and get the general idea of the document and can then zoom in to read carefully.
The app that I have most used on my iPad is called ReaddleDocs and lets me pull documents from my computer (by wifi), email attachments or from Google Docs. I can also bookmark spots in the PDF's with the same app. It also reads doc and docx files.
So I will keep my Sony PRS 505 for casual reading (and book rentals from the library), but the iPad will be for business.
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