It's unfortunate that when
you buy an eInk reader you're pretty much locked in with that vendor's content library.
You say that you wouldn't
buy an eink reader «just to read».
Not exact matches
I
bought two 6 ″
eInk readers before
buying my DX graphite.
There are some good reasons for Amazon to stay focused on the Kindle — The Kindle Tablet can't hit the $ 100 or even the $ 200 mark, hardcore
readers want dedicated eReaders, LCD can't touch
eInk when it comes to battery life or readability, 80 % of book sales are to 20 % of the people
buying books and those people want dedicated reading devices.
Nate at The Digital
Reader reports on Amazon
buying Liquavista, maker of Color
eInk and potentially Color Kindle screen technology.
Give me a 80 - 100 buck ePUB capable
reader (with touch, preferably decent page turn buttons, and 6 ″
eInk Pearl), and I'll
buy one just to have an in on both of the ecosystems.
So if you want to read scientific PDF isn't it better to
buy a good tablet rather than a PDF
reader with
eink?
I have been waiting patiently for Sony to get caught up with the rest of the universe, so I didn't
buy any of the other frontlight
eink readers because IMO none of them can compete with Sony's advanced software (especially with pdf files).
Oprah Winfrey ignited a new wave of Kindle love when she devoted a show to the little
eInk gadget in late October 2008, and Amazon further cemented its dominant role with new Kindle models in early 2009 and mid-2010 and free apps that allow
readers to «
buy once, read anywhere» on any computer, smartphone or handheld device.
If Apple made an
eInk reader I'd
buy it, but they don't which is a damn shame.