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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite
... but I'm curious, by your definition, if I used my PC purely to read ebooks would it then become an ereader? Amazon are also about to open an app store for the kindle so does that now make my ereader a computer? I believe Pocketbook and Bebook can bring up a Linux command prompt making it no different to my work computer..
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It's not the possibility of use, it's how the device is normally used. A laptop in a coffee shop is normally used to work, paid or as a student, or surf the net which is usually dodging work. Even though it can be used as an EBR, that's not it's normal use. 99 out of 100 people using a laptop in a coffee shop are not using it to read an ebook, according to official government statistics I just made up. Most of the people jogging the tables are working.
But 99 of 100 people using an EBR are using it to read a book, newspaper or magazine.
It's not a definitional issue, it's a common sense issue, which is why there's a Dope Rule - no common sense allowed.