Originally Posted by bobcar:
“To be fair it sounds like you need a tablet if that is what you want to do, for people who want to read novels the e ink ereaders are best.”
Eink has 2 main advantages, easy on the eyes and amazing battery life.
The only real difference between a kindle and a tablet is EInk is in its early stages which ATM means disadvantages such as only black and white and low frame rate which makes it only really good for books.
There are however massive advances in this area by Eink called
Triton which will bring colour and a fast enough frame rate (15FPS) for better scrolling and the odd video.
This means that the next generation of products like the Kindle will be able to view magazines and newspapers in full colour with videos as well as text books and comics. It will be closer to the feature set of the Fire than that of the Eink Kindle which is a good thing for everyone.
Eink themself list applications as:
[LIST][*]Readers — eReaders, eTextbooks, eNewspapers, eMagazines, eDocuments[*]Wireless devices — remotes, game controllers[*]Thermostats and Industrial Displays[*]Mobile point of sale units (signature pads)[*]In-store signage[/LIST]I think once we see kindles at £100 with these screens they will sell extremely well.
Quite a good video from IFA 2011 if you havent seen it
http://armdevices.net/2011/09/02/lat...k-at-ifa-2011/