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Originally Posted by afa
But you really are thinking wishfully (huh?) if you think that tablet sales do not affect eReaders. They do. For every person you know who buys a tablet and an eReader, there are a dozen who will not buy an eReader because "I can just read my books on my iPad/Kindle Fire/Nexus 7." The last two, in particular, are a threat to eReaders because unlike the chunkier and heavier and more ungainly 10" tablets, 7" tablets have a comfortable enough form factor that they *can* be used for reading in comfort.
eReaders might not have wanted to compete with tablets, but they have been dragged into it, nonetheless, even if not by choice.
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Exactly afa. Those of us in the eReader in-crowd know all of the benefits of reading on E Ink, but those who are more lured into the web browsing/movie viewing features of a tablet will be willing to get used to the LCD eyestrain. I have been very happily reading on my Nexus 7 for the past four weeks, and in the right lighting conditions, I feel that text looks better on LCD. The letters are sharp, the background is white; everything current E Ink displays are not. I would much prefer an HD E Ink screen, but until that happens, I would be willing to read on a tablet.
"eReaders might not have wanted to compete with tablets, but they have been dragged into it, nonetheless, even if not by choice."