I would say cost has prevented mass uptake far more than low contrast and slow refresh rates. Most long term users of the Sony reader and the Iliad both report that you get used to the refresh time and barely notice it. It's roughly the same time as turning a physical page.
The likes of the Sony reader is officially only available in the US right now. That limits its market and iRex are asking a hell of a lot of cash for their offering and have limited availability.
From a global point of view there just aren't that many big players in the game yet and so price and availability affect the market more than tech limitations.
That said these advances are far from unwelcome and furtherance of what I perceive to be a great technology is only a good thing.
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guilt+1 @ May 10th 2007 2:24AM
I would say cost has prevented mass uptake far more than low contrast and slow refresh rates. Most long term users of the Sony reader and the Iliad both report that you get used to the refresh time and barely notice it. It's roughly the same time as turning a physical page.
The likes of the Sony reader is officially only available in the US right now. That limits its market and iRex are asking a hell of a lot of cash for their offering and have limited availability.
From a global point of view there just aren't that many big players in the game yet and so price and availability affect the market more than tech limitations.
That said these advances are far from unwelcome and furtherance of what I perceive to be a great technology is only a good thing.