Of course they are. The touch was near impossible to find for months after being released. There's no reason for a color version for a book reader, unless you consider comics reading. The sony in my opinion is still the best reader on the market. None of the others are designed anywhere near as nice and all the standards it supports is awesome (ya i'm really saying that about sony, go figure).
@Wesscoast Who needs an e-reader for magazines? Why? Magazines are fine already. I get a magazine, it's delivered to my door every month, it's printed very nicely, it's easily portable, the colour photos are much better than any IPS LCD (never mind the current state of colour e-ink), I read it, then I chuck it in the recycling.
Note that last phrase. That's the key thing. Ebook readers are not there to be cool gadgets or even primarily so you can get books RIGHT THIS INSTANT. They are there so you do not need to have shelves full of books that you aren't going to throw away but, come on, all those shelves, it's ridiculous. Magazines? Not a problem, you throw them away anyhow.
As a smaller point, e-readers also make it easier to buy books (and get free public domain books) on a whim and not have to wait to get them, which is great - that also doesn't apply to magazines, because you don't actively get magazines; they come to you. Are you going to even notice that the magazine got to you a few days later than it might have done by digital delivery? Or care? (I don't think anybody these days reads magazines to get up-to-the-minute news, somehow...)
I'm still waiting for ebook readers to mature (very tempted by sony pocket edition, but an even better display would be nice, and if they can figure a way to do touchscreen without ruining quality, all the better). iPad is, of course, irrelevant.
The Chromebooks are here, starting with Samsung's Series 5, a cute little number that promises instant-on access, 3G connectivity, and long enough battery life to web surf with the best of 'em.
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Of course they are. The touch was near impossible to find for months after being released. There's no reason for a color version for a book reader, unless you consider comics reading. The sony in my opinion is still the best reader on the market. None of the others are designed anywhere near as nice and all the standards it supports is awesome (ya i'm really saying that about sony, go figure).
@jonyah
Ahem. Magazines? Newspapers with.. *ahem... colour photos?
Sorry, dude, but did you just step out of a time machine? We have color TV now too. It's nifty.
@Wesscoast Who needs an e-reader for magazines? Why? Magazines are fine already. I get a magazine, it's delivered to my door every month, it's printed very nicely, it's easily portable, the colour photos are much better than any IPS LCD (never mind the current state of colour e-ink), I read it, then I chuck it in the recycling.
Note that last phrase. That's the key thing. Ebook readers are not there to be cool gadgets or even primarily so you can get books RIGHT THIS INSTANT. They are there so you do not need to have shelves full of books that you aren't going to throw away but, come on, all those shelves, it's ridiculous. Magazines? Not a problem, you throw them away anyhow.
As a smaller point, e-readers also make it easier to buy books (and get free public domain books) on a whim and not have to wait to get them, which is great - that also doesn't apply to magazines, because you don't actively get magazines; they come to you. Are you going to even notice that the magazine got to you a few days later than it might have done by digital delivery? Or care? (I don't think anybody these days reads magazines to get up-to-the-minute news, somehow...)
I'm still waiting for ebook readers to mature (very tempted by sony pocket edition, but an even better display would be nice, and if they can figure a way to do touchscreen without ruining quality, all the better). iPad is, of course, irrelevant.