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Originally Posted by BWhite
Per your questions:
I am going to go with those on these Forums who believe the iPad will open up the market with more Periodical content - I am thinking of all the magazines which are struggling these days.
An awful lot of eReader Devices were announced at CES - no way all those are going to go to market now with Apple facing them at high noon.
This house has zero Apple devices. I own no smart phone and no laptop. Yes there is room for this device. Yes, the iPad has been marked as a definite purchase in 2010 for this household.
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I don't know if I'd be so quick to label it a definite purchase, but it's one of the better things to come out in 2010 so far. Of course, it's January, and I have my fingers crossed that there were a few companies holding back announcements until after the Apple furor has cooled off. With the tremendous speculation that was going on for a while, it would be wise for companies to hold back a little bit to avoid being eclipsed outright.
My only hope for an Apple tablet was not that the tablet itself would be great, but that it would be a little bit of a catalyst for progress and development by being more attractive to the general public and to content providers than e-paper readers are.
I'd like an e-paper reader, but it needs to be much better than current E-Ink in both reading quality and in speed/usability. I suspect that while the iPad will mostly just nudge more "me too" makers to produce copycat tablets with LCDs, it may also encourage more adoption and development of better e-paper. Perhaps EPD developers will manage to make big improvements as Bridgestone and E-Ink claim, or perhaps EWD or Mirasol will start cutting in.
CES was rather depressing, but there may still be some hope yet for the rest of the year
