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Originally Posted by Ben Thornton
my 2c:
I don't think that there will be time for the ereader to offer more and more at the same price point, because it will be subsumed into a more general device category. At the moment, enough people feel that eInk provides a significantly better reading experience than the screens on the more general devices (netbooks etc.) to make it worthwhile producing a dedicated reader. Once screen technology improves to the point where it is cost effective for general-purpose tablets to have sunlight-readable colour screens, the dedicated reader will be no more. I'd give it 5 years.
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I can't agree. The good example is calculators. PC, cell phones and other devices have embedded calculators but customers still buy calculators as separate hardware because it is HANDY and easy-to-use. Another example is MP3 players. Almost each cell phone has MP3 player but customers buy MP3players... If I need ebook reader (not notebook or video pleayer) I will buy it even if the screen will be the same as on many other devices.