Am I the only one ?

[JackTheKnife]

I really don't want to carry around both a tablet and an e-reader.
I want to see something like 8.9 inch tablet with an e-ink screen on the back.
It would utilize a big/little cpu setup sorta like the Samsung Exynos.
would anyone else be interested in something like that ? does such a device already exist ?

[DiapDealer]

I wouldn't want to carry around anything with an 8.9 inch screen.
I'll gladly leave it at home while I carry around something smaller, though.

[peachiekene]

I don't know that I would carry one that big around, but I love the idea.
I like tablets, but I can't read on them. (Games and videos are fine)

[sun surfer]

I would LOVE this idea, but in an iPad-mini size. I remember hearing about a phone that has this in Russia or some such, and loved the idea then and love it now. But as the e-ink market slows and people (including me) become more used to just giving in and using a tablet screen for reading, I think there'll be less and less demand for something like this, which doesn't even have enough demand to be made yet.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by JackTheKnife

I really don't want to carry around both a tablet and an e-reader.
I want to see something like 8.9 inch tablet with an e-ink screen on the back.
It would utilize a big/little cpu setup sorta like the Samsung Exynos.
would anyone else be interested in something like that ? does such a device already exist ?

There's supposed the be a phone that has an LCD and and eInk screen. Perhaps someone will do a tablet.

My hope is that a display technology comes along that has the speed of LCD with the low power and readability of e-ink. Mirasol was a bit of a disappointment. Perhaps Liquavista will prove better, if it ever sees the light of day in a commercial product. Or there's the reflective LCD from Japan Dissplay that uses static RAM cells at each pixel to reduce power on static displays, currently available for watches.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

I remember hearing about a phone that has this in Russia or some such, and loved the idea then and love it now.

Or an iPhone case: http://www.popslate.com/

[sun surfer]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

There's supposed the be a phone that has an LCD and and eInk screen. Perhaps someone will do a tablet.

My hope is that a display technology comes along that has the speed of LCD with the low power and readability of e-ink. Mirasol was a bit of a disappointment. Perhaps Liquavista will prove better, if it ever sees the light of day in a commercial product. Or there's the reflective LCD from Japan Dissplay that uses static RAM cells at each pixel to reduce power on static displays, currently available for watches.

Those sound great. I would hope in five or ten years, maybe there'll be technology where on one screen, you can basically switch from an e-ink type screen to an LCD back and forth, or something like that anyway.

Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash

Or an iPhone case: http://www.popslate.com/

Oh! But why oh why is this only for iPhone size? Those screens are too small for me for long-term reading. They really need to make one of these for iPad mini - I think it would be a big success. At least, for me. That really would be perfect. Sigh, so close, yet so far away...

ETA - I just messaged Popslate asking for an iPad mini version. They may have already considered such a direction, but I wanted voice my enthusiasm for it.

[CWatkinsNash]

Originally Posted by sun surfer

Oh! But why oh why is this only for iPhone size? Those screens are too small for me for long-term reading. They really need to make one of these for iPad mini - I think it would be a big success. At least, for me. That really would be perfect. Sigh, so close, yet so far away...

ETA - I just messaged Popslate asking for an iPad mini version. They may have already considered such a direction, but I wanted voice my enthusiasm for it.

Hopefully if enough people express interest they will take heed. That's why I posted it - the tech is there, sort of, though as an accessory - and it's currently the closest thing to what the OP is seeking. If there is a demand, it's certainly possible that they could expand beyond phones.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

There's supposed the be a phone that has an LCD and and eInk screen. Perhaps someone will do a tablet.

There was one - the enTourage eDGe. We have a forum section for it here at MR. It's fair to say that it wasn't an outstanding success.

[crich70]

I'd like to see something like the P.A.D.D. (Personal Access Display Device) that they had as a prop on Star Trek TNG. i.e. something with a touch screen that could handle video and yet be read on like an e-ink screen and on which you could type written works ala Jake Sisko. That would be great.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

There's supposed the be a phone that has an LCD and and eInk screen. Perhaps someone will do a tablet.

You perhaps mean the YotaPhone?

http://yotaphone.com/#/en/
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/28/54...rtphone-photos

[rollei]

Nice to have a 8.9 inch tablet with e-ink but not for carrying around.

Prefer something that fit the pocket like Kobo Mini but the Kobo Mini does not take a Micro SD card. Will be perfect if it does.

[4691mls]

The idea of a tablet that also has eink is appealing, but I expect it in reality would be bulky and heavy and not practical for one-handed use.

[JackTheKnife]

Well at least I am not alone in thinking that a tablet lcd/eink just seems like a no brainier.

[markom]

Originally Posted by JackTheKnife

Well at least I am not alone in thinking that a tablet lcd/eink just seems like a no brainier.

Or finally some reflective LCD like Amazon's Liquavista and these Japan Display inc. screens, now that Mirasol and Pixel Qi are probably down and out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdXu9jmTI2A

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/20.../#.U0IK9XTX07Q