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09-04-2012, 12:41 PM | #47 | |
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For me, the only thing that will force me upgrade will be if my current reader breaks down or there is a model with more than 7 inch screen having same weight as current 6 inch ereaders. I don’t see any chance of that happening at the moment. |
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09-04-2012, 12:45 PM | #48 | |
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Even if E Ink updates their screen to do HD color video playback this won't make consumers buy e-readers anyway. Or they'll grab an e-reader to use as a video-playing tablet. |
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09-04-2012, 12:49 PM | #49 | |||
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09-04-2012, 12:50 PM | #50 |
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Do you mean to say that the labels on all that expensive coated paper that claim to allow a higher contrast and resolution is less than honest? Gee, what is the world coming to?
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09-04-2012, 12:54 PM | #51 |
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I, for one, would be extremely pleased to see an improved e-ink screen in the new Kindle. If the change in the new version is only a front-lit screen, I don't know if I'll purchase it. I don't really need that. If it has an HD screen: near certainty.
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09-04-2012, 01:02 PM | #54 | |
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And Amazon applying for a patent means precisely nothing. Plenty of people apply for patents for plenty of things. Doesn't mean they will actually manufacture such a device. Just that they *could* one day, maybe, sort of, hopefully, manufacture it. Until then - vaporware. |
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09-04-2012, 01:04 PM | #55 |
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No, I am recollecting. I bought a Kindle DX AFTER buying and using a tablet. As did my wife, many work colleagues etc. If you read through a lot of the other threads here you find quite a few who segued from a tablet to a dedicated eReader. I am not unique.
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09-04-2012, 01:10 PM | #56 |
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And I know several people who owned eInk readers, then subsequently bought iPads. Anecdotal evidence isn't very useful.
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09-04-2012, 01:15 PM | #57 | |
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09-04-2012, 01:17 PM | #58 |
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As do I, it supports what I am saying, that owning both types of device is becoming commonplace. Anecdotal evidence can be very useful. Much research is aggregated anecdotal reports. What do you think a survey is?
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09-04-2012, 01:20 PM | #59 | |
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Look, I get your soft-hearted stance for eReaders. I like them, too. I would never want to read books on a tablet if I had the choice. So I agree with you (except about buying the DX. That's just terribly overpriced.) about the virtues of eInk. But I might not have the choice for much longer. 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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