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Old 08-08-2010, 05:48 PM   #42
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I think the article is essentially right - 50 years from now there probably won't be any dedicated e-readers, but something that can duplicate the easy reading screen with the other functionality of the iPad (and probably other stuff we can only dream of. ...
Agree -- but I think it'll be a lot sooner than that. At the rate technology advances these days, I'd give it 10 to 15 years, maybe less.

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... And hopefully buttons).
Definitely buttons! As long as there are opposable thumbs, we will always have buttons.
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