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Originally Posted by Marioninyc
Hans -- You may be right, but I've had this one-task vs multi-function conversation with friends -- even ones who read (but none yet with any who read e-books or actually own a kindle, nook or Sony E-Reader). A lot of people for whatever reason FEEL passionately about this one-function thing and are convinced that EVERYONE wants something that does it all. Time will tell.
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Maybe not everyone but enough to make the future of a dedicated reader questionable in the short run and gone in the long run.
Dedicated word processors went the way of the Dodo long before the PC caught up with what they could do.
It's hard to find a throw-away cell phone that only serves as a phone.
MP3 players have video,photos, sound recording, FM radio in addition to playing sounds. (And I dumped my last one for a phone that plays MP3's until the phone rings.)
Maybe cheap and inexpensive dedicated readers will stay around but chances are they will have the kind of crappy software that my Novel has and that is a pain for somebody that reads a lot.