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Originally Posted by MR. Pockets
First, if you read my definition, you'll see that I said "...is an electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital books and periodicals..." not "used only for". Second, the Kindle would fit quite nicely in my definition as it is "designed primarily for reading digital books and publications". The browser, music player, etc. are secondary to the reading function.
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And how are you going to adjust your view of what is an ereader and what is not as the field continues to morph into generic devices that can do everything, á la the iPad? Because you cannot be ridiculously naïve enough to actually believe that
if eInk were currently available in color and with an acceptable refresh rate, Amazon and Sony would have artificially limited it to simply reading. When Mirasol devices become available in the next couple of years that have eInk characteristics but have the color and refresh to be able to acceptably browse the web with video, how do you intend to adjust your definition of "ereader"? When eInk itself gains these capabilities and Amazon's 4th or 5th generation Kindle is essentially an iPad with an eInk screen, are you going to yank your hair out with irritation at everyone calling their multipurpose eInk devices "ereaders" because they're color and are basically just tablet computers?
Thus, your irritation is pedantic. When the iPad is held in a portrait aspect ratio, it essentially mimics a printed page from a hardback book. If I buy the iPad primarily to read books, considering its other functions as a web browser to be secondary because I don't use those functions hardly at all (I bought my iPad as simply hands-down the best and most functional PDF ereader on the market today - yes, I said ereader!), does that not make it the perfect ereader for me?
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I probably am too "fanatical" in defending the definition of ereader
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Ya think?
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but I just can't stand it when someone calls something an ereader when it (arguably I know) is not.
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If you've got these problems now, then you're going to have
serious palpitation issues in about 5 years...