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Originally Posted by jbjb
Perhaps I didn't express myself very well. 
I read your post as a blanket claim that the iPad's technology is mediocre, and that iRex's is far superior, and that iRex's failure and iPad's success were an injustice of marketing.
You may prefer reading on the iRex (as it happens I find reading on the iPad a very good experience, much better than my PRS-505), but that's not the point. You may find the iRex's technology more suited to your particular wants, but a blanket claim that it's far superior seemed unwarranted.
/JB |
Actually I do think that iPad technology is mediocre. It's the packaging and the hype that is selling it. As a consumer product, I think it's doing well, the sales figures speak for themselves. But as the latest and greatest - not so much.
In addition, I would not buy an iPad because of what Apple is doing to the market with locking-in and locking-out and its own censorship. It may work for others, I'm not judging, but it certainly does not work for me.
I do agree with you that the reading experience is a personal one. Anything backlit is unsuitable for prolonged reading for me. Therefore I am highly biased towards e-Ink and other non-back lit screens.