Really having a hard time trying to justify an e-reader with e-ink. Oh boy, it looks like paper, big deal. When was the last time I chose a physical copy of the New York Times over the back-lit color displays of my computer or portable device (iPod Touch, cell phone) Is it worse than reading paper? Yeah sure, I suppose if your in a position of opportune light, it would be difficult to read an LCD screen on a high backlight, but if your on a bus or train, or in some other area with low of fluctuating light levels, neither is reading a newspaper.
And besides which, full displays have the advantage of displaying video. Its hilarious to me that all these magazine companies are talking about how these mythical devices will save the company once they start playing video. Almost every cellphone and MP3 player at this point has the capability to be the magic e-reader device that the industry "needs" and even so, they're basically admitting that they believe that their audience would rather watch videos of the content in the magazine rather than to actually read it themselves. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing the "magazine" in the first place? Perhaps it isn't the idea of print, or the apparent lack of technological innovation that's the problem. Rather its an issue of poor creativity and incompetence on the count of management
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Really having a hard time trying to justify an e-reader with e-ink. Oh boy, it looks like paper, big deal. When was the last time I chose a physical copy of the New York Times over the back-lit color displays of my computer or portable device (iPod Touch, cell phone) Is it worse than reading paper? Yeah sure, I suppose if your in a position of opportune light, it would be difficult to read an LCD screen on a high backlight, but if your on a bus or train, or in some other area with low of fluctuating light levels, neither is reading a newspaper.
And besides which, full displays have the advantage of displaying video. Its hilarious to me that all these magazine companies are talking about how these mythical devices will save the company once they start playing video. Almost every cellphone and MP3 player at this point has the capability to be the magic e-reader device that the industry "needs" and even so, they're basically admitting that they believe that their audience would rather watch videos of the content in the magazine rather than to actually read it themselves. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of producing the "magazine" in the first place? Perhaps it isn't the idea of print, or the apparent lack of technological innovation that's the problem. Rather its an issue of poor creativity and incompetence on the count of management