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Originally Posted by capidamonte
An eReader with a touch-screen has no excuse not to have basic PDA functions
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Ah, but the bulk of Pocketbook sales to date are to the PB360 and 301 which don't have Touchscreens.
(Neither does the upcoming 901.)
Not saying its a bad thing to have PDA client-type apps; just that the Pocketbook platform is strongly-focused on reading and consuming info, not necessarily creating it (upcoming 302 writing app or not
) or managing it.
To a lot of reader device buyers, the attraction is in the reading experience optimization, not the hardware features or the gee-whiz add-ons. I don't mind the games, calendars, and what-not. But the reason I got the PB360 was to read on. In my book (just me, mind you) anything that helps reading is good, anything that isn't reading-focused is at best optional/at worst a distraction/drain on resources that might otherwise be deployed to improving the reader functions.
I won't begrudge any PDA functions the GiK might want to put out but to me it's an ebook reader, not a PDA, and I don't expect PDA functions or pine for them. Just as I don't worry that the PB360 lacks MP3 playback hardware. Extra features add cost and if you start cramming in extra function to make readers into multi-function devices they'll start looking more like b&w webpads or media tablets (a comparison they'd lose against the color webpads and iPad) and less like ebook readers. Focus and optimization are going to be key moving forward.
Just me, okay?