My ad-supported Kindle's buttons are dying, so I'm in the market for a new eBook reader. I figured the upcoming sales would be a good time to buy one. To my surprise, eBook readers seem to be regressing rather than advancing. My hard requirements are:
And my preferred features include:
I'm unable to find anything which fulfills all those conditions. Any recommendations? Before you say smartphone, it needs an e-Ink display. Are smartphones and tablets killing eBook readers?
(Score: 2) by VLM on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:11PM
Alexa does all her thinking back home in the cloud so the network costs, both financial and battery power, would be an issue for ebook readers.
One interesting anecdote is according to marketing ebooks are only read by hot women at the beach where there's no or limited connectivity and power, although I mostly read in my house like on the couch or in bed to wind down before I sleep and theres no limit to connectivity and electric power at home.
Alexa does have a nice voice, though. I don't think we're far from radio news readers and DJs being disposed of and replaced with robots. It'll take awhile for the CGI visual arts to replace TV actors and TV newsreaders.
(Score: 2) by EvilSS on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:20PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @05:06PM
> One interesting anecdote is according to marketing ebooks are only read by hot women at the beach
"According to marketing"
WTF?