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Re:Whatever Happened to Cheap EReaders? by marcosdumay on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @10:55AM (#44170789)
I had an Irex. The company went out of business a few years later. It had an 11" screen, very high contrast, supported note-taking over any kind of content, and had a nice modules API.

> Most eReaders have been 6" since the days of the Sony Librie.

7" readers were common when I brought my current one, but nowadays there are only 6" ones out there. A bit before I brought mine, there existed 8" ones, and Amazon launched an interesting A4 sized one.

Re:Whatever Happened to Cheap EReaders? by oliwarner on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @11:38AM (#44171207)
That's very much bigger than a book, so I think that's probably why it's harder to replace.

There are still large format paper devices. Kobo Elipsa 2E for $350, Remarkable 2 for a touch more, etc etc. They're not sold as ebook readers, but you can read books on them fine.

Re:Whatever Happened to Cheap EReaders? by goosedragons on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:28PM (#44171786)
You had a very niche device at the time that was far from the typical reader of 2010.

7 and 8" inch devices very much still exist. Kobo has the 7" Libra Colour and the 8" Sage. Amazon also moved the popular Paperwhite line from a 6" device to 7". Pocketbook has 7 and 8" readers. 7" only got MORE common if anything. Six inches was the most common eInk size for a long time.

You can still get big format devices with notetaking. Now the big brands like Amazon and Kobo have them in addition to smaller players like Boox or Meebook.