Quote:
Originally Posted by Tamara
I sold my e-ink readers because they caused me horrible eye strain due to the contrast being so poor.
Some user, like you, might claim, they can read in a dimly lit room with e-ink without any problems at all, but you are a lucky minority.
If so many people struggle with backlit screens outside, why do I see so many people using iPhones/Androids/Touches outside in places like Starbucks/Panera?
|
Which is why an ereader with the PixelQi screen would be awesome. Or even a 5 or 6" reader with an old-fashioned transflective screen (which is the basis for the PixelQi screens)
Quote:
Originally Posted by astra
Do all of them read books? Let's say for 1 hour at least?
I suspect that most them use mentioned above gadgets for different purposes.
|
I did read a lot outside on my Loox. But that has a transflective screen. So, with the backlight turned off, I had the whole afternoon available to read. (in the mornings, it's generally a bit too cold to lay comfortably in the hammock...) I bought my Mini specifically for that purpose. Not because it has a better screen to read upon, but because it has a larger screen. If there had been a 5" transflective screened device available, I probably would have considered twice before buying an e-ink screen.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kjk
1 million units in a month? In one country? I'm curious as to what you consider "really successful".  |
You cannot say if a device is successful after one or two months. Wait till the device is on the market for a year. Then let's see how many have been sold. I think a lot of those 1M are from people who would have bought it anyway, no matter how good or bad it is.
(oh, and a lot of foreigners bought that thing as well, as soon as it came out...)