Kindles and Tablets are getting cheaper. You can get one for 60$. It does all sort of things and some also let you use a pen on it. The kindles can go without charging for weeks.<p>I have a lab notebook. I wished it was electronic and I am not going to carry around my tablet around the lab as a draft e-notebook as I appreciate it more than just a notebook but my personal matter as well.<p>I'm sure more student and colleagues would like to replace their paper book with an electronic one if it is cheap. The only one I know right now is the Sony's E-Ink which is ~800$!<p>Isn't all above indicating that there is a great market opening up for mass produced cheap e-notebooks where people can <i>literally</i> replace their paper notebooks with?
Couldn't you just buy one the $60 tablets and use that? I get your point about appreciating the tablet more than a notebook, but even if e-notebooks were dropped in price, I couldn't see it falling much below the price of the tablets in the $60 range.<p>I imagine that there is also a ton less demand for e-notebooks then there are for tablets, which is probably one of the major factors as to why no one is trying to mass produce them and lower the price.
The push for pen-and-tablet input has been here for two decades at least. Perhaps there are still issues? E.g. sensitivity, and possibly OCR.<p>Also, I can take a paper notebook anywhere and not worry that I sat on it/dropped it/dog played with it. Electronic? Game over.