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Originally Posted by dsuden
I rather suspect we're in the Commodore 64 era of e-readers right now, and that much clearer, faster, more responsive devices will eventually come, with touch interfaces that don't blur the display (Sony), and an end to little joysticks or big ugly buttons for navigation. Retaining good battery life, but adding sharp, contrasty text, and the ability to display motion. An SDK and a developer community contributing new capabilities. Maybe it will be a razor-thin lightweight, iPaddish device that uses a form of e-ink. For now, I can live with my Kindle 2, but I can't shake the feeling it is a caveman device compared to what will be coming.
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I have to say I agree with that as well.
Remember the Commodore and Atari camps - always arguing which one was better? I remember those days quite fondly. I have to say that was what really got computers off the ground, since it made it cheap enough for people to get computers into their homes.
The Kobo kind of feels that way to me, great price, lots of fun, good enough to do the job, but just the beginning of something much greater. Hope it plays out similiarly, the last ride was pretty good.
