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Give me a $199 eInk tablet optimized for reading PDFs, and I'd buy one. I would want a hi-rez 13" B&W screen on which PDF charts, diagrams, maps, B&W photos, et

by SiVal 12y ago

Give me a $199 eInk tablet optimized for reading PDFs, and I'd buy one. I would want a hi-rez 13" B&W screen on which PDF charts, diagrams, maps, B&W photos, etc. looked as good as on a 300dpi laser printed page and a battery that would last for a few days of reading. At that price, I'd risk carrying it with me all the time. With that battery life, it would usually be usable, and with that screen, I would be able to read what I really want to read (journal articles, programming books, textbooks with lots of equations, history books with maps, etc.), unlike the plain-text fare I'm usually limited to with a Kindle eInk device. I don't know if such a thing could be built yet at that price, but there are tablet niches such as these serious reading devices that haven't been served yet.

superuser2 12y ago
Isn't the DX almost exactly what you're asking for?
- aschampion 12y ago
  I have and love a DX, but it's long in the tooth in speed, features, and lack of backlight. The UI and keypad are awkward and frustrating, and Amazon has no intention of updating the software. Worse, more and more Kindle titles are locked from the platform.
- wycx 12y ago
  It is too small to display an A4 page at 100%, so its no good for pdfs.
wodenokoto 12y ago
"Give me something at a fifth of the price and I'll buy it" Sorry, but that's a crappy argument. Pony up the cost if that device is so important to you. http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/03/27/sonys-13-3-ereader-to-ship-in-the-us-in-may-will-cost-1100/#.VAOLQ2IaySM http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/03/27/sonys-13-3-ereader-...
- SiVal 12y ago
  You misunderstand. As I wrote, "At that price, I'd risk carrying it with me all the time." At five times the price, I wouldn't, so it wouldn't suit the purpose I described. I am more willing to make some other compromise than I am to pay five times as much for an everyday-carry reader.
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by SiVal 12y ago

superuser2 12y ago

Isn't the DX almost exactly what you're asking for?

aschampion 12y ago
I have and love a DX, but it's long in the tooth in speed, features, and lack of backlight. The UI and keypad are awkward and frustrating, and Amazon has no intention of updating the software. Worse, more and more Kindle titles are locked from the platform.
wycx 12y ago
It is too small to display an A4 page at 100%, so its no good for pdfs.

wodenokoto 12y ago

"Give me something at a fifth of the price and I'll buy it" Sorry, but that's a crappy argument. Pony up the cost if that device is so important to you. http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/03/27/sonys-13-3-ereader-to-ship-in-the-us-in-may-will-cost-1100/#.VAOLQ2IaySM http://the-digital-reader.com/2014/03/27/sonys-13-3-ereader-...

SiVal 12y ago
You misunderstand. As I wrote, "At that price, I'd risk carrying it with me all the time." At five times the price, I wouldn't, so it wouldn't suit the purpose I described. I am more willing to make some other compromise than I am to pay five times as much for an everyday-carry reader.

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