The future of e-readers - Page 4

mdmorrissey · 04-02-2011, 03:58 AM

"All" they need to do is put a simple e-reader into a tablet-sized monitor. Surely there would enough space for that in something like the current iPad. The rest of the hardware could be put in the keyboard/dock. In other words, the "tablet" would serve only as an e-reader + monitor (in connection, physically or wireless) with the dock. So docked you have a normal computer, where you can download stuff from the net and store it in the detachable e-reader/monitor, so you can read it offline. I'm sure Apple et al. have thought about this, and I expect it to happen. The only thing that's missing in the iPad 2 or Asus Transformer is the e-ink "mode" for reading.

elcreative · 04-02-2011, 09:59 AM

Not sure how that'd work... e-ink isn't a mode, it is a physically different display mechanism to LCD so if you have a single screen then you can have e-ink or LCD. LCD trying to emulate e-ink is still LCD, not reflective and still therefore a power hog which is one of e-ink's main bonuses, low power usage...

sabredog · 04-02-2011, 10:02 AM

Two completely different display modes on a tablet? I would very much doubt that would happen.

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04-02-2011, 03:58 AM	#46
mdmorrissey Addict Posts: 232 Karma: 262 Join Date: May 2010 Device: PocketBook 360	"All" they need to do is put a simple e-reader into a tablet-sized monitor. Surely there would enough space for that in something like the current iPad. The rest of the hardware could be put in the keyboard/dock. In other words, the "tablet" would serve only as an e-reader + monitor (in connection, physically or wireless) with the dock. So docked you have a normal computer, where you can download stuff from the net and store it in the detachable e-reader/monitor, so you can read it offline. I'm sure Apple et al. have thought about this, and I expect it to happen. The only thing that's missing in the iPad 2 or Asus Transformer is the e-ink "mode" for reading.

04-02-2011, 09:59 AM	#47
elcreative Wizard Posts: 2,888 Karma: 5875940 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: PRS505, 600, 350, 650, Nexus 7, Note III, iPad 4 etc	Not sure how that'd work... e-ink isn't a mode, it is a physically different display mechanism to LCD so if you have a single screen then you can have e-ink or LCD. LCD trying to emulate e-ink is still LCD, not reflective and still therefore a power hog which is one of e-ink's main bonuses, low power usage...

04-02-2011, 10:02 AM	#48
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	Two completely different display modes on a tablet? I would very much doubt that would happen.

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