This article http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/05/the-once-bright-future-of... suggests that the price of color e-ink displays is higher than equivalent LCD panels.

As someone whose eyes get tired quickly from LCD I'd be in the market for a color e-reader as well, but it looks like this is the only commercially available option for now http://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/ereaders/ectaco-jetbook-col...

>I wonder why Amazon hasn't updated their bigger Kindle DX for 6 years?

It didn't sell people didn't want it, it was way to big for most users, and way way too expensive (~400$ for the 3G version). People aren't going to pay iPad prices for an ereader of the same size, weight and these days almost the same battery life....

I love my kindle voyage but given the choice between a Kindle DX and an iPad air which costs almost the same most people would get an iPad and so would I.

I'd like a larger e-ink so that I could work outside. Doesn't need to be color, though that would be nice.

Also, fast update rates are critical to browse a document.

Browsing is needed for manuals and similar, those are also where you need a larger screen for PDF files.

(Literature is totally ok on a small screen with slower refresh.)

> same battery life

The Kindle battery last for 1-2 months (book reading, it only consumes energy if you turn the page -> e-ink display!).

The iPad battery last for 1-7 days, depening what you do with it and how bright you set the IPS display.

Many own both an iPad as well as a Kindle - both have their advantages.

(edit: I meant WiFi-only Kindle)

The Kindle DX battery life was atrociously low people were reporting sub 50 hours/2000 page turns....

not the 3g voyage, unfortunately. with mostly default settings (including auto-brightness on the screen), mine barely lasts a plane-ride across the country.

my partner's dx, on the other hand, had no problems whatsoever.

eInk achieves excellent battery life by being completely unpowered when the screen isn't changing. When you press the "next page" button, you're basically booting the whole device, having it render the next page, then shutting it off again. If you're using any sort of backlight (as "auto-brightness" suggests) then you won't get that benefit and I'm not surprised your battery life is more like that of a traditional tablet. The DX doesn't have a backlight so wouldn't have that problem. If you turn your backlight off then you should see similar results.

turn off backlight, turn off 3g, turn off touch, and turn off force feedback (i am not sure if turning off touch will actually render it to act like a dx).

I would have guessed that the prices would have come down by this point. I could imagine it retailing for around 200 and doing quite well.

Meanwhile, the Oculus Rift replaces any size of newspaper.

... with a really blurry newspaper.

Also, if you thought reading a newspaper on the train was risky, wait until muggers see the person with a pair of goggles strapped to their face.

Where the hell do you ride trains that muggers are a concern?

Anywhere within a city? Larger populations have been proven to have more instances of crime for various reasons.

Further, if you're wearing a massive, expensive pair of goggles that simultaneously broadcast your wealth and block your vision, you're gonna get mugged. It's just a matter of time.

Ah, difference in communication. When i read train i thought https://www.google.de/search?tbm=isch&q=deutsche+bahn+z%C3%B... which are very safe, not https://www.google.de/search?tbm=isch&q=strassen-bahn which are virtually unattended.

Pickpockets have been a perennial concern on the DC Metro system. One of my coworkers had his iPod pulled out of his hand, resting on his stomach, while he was sitting with his eyes closed. Transit isn't somewhere I'd want to be blind to what was going on around me.