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Originally Posted by ischeriad
But maybe it is a bit optimistic, cosidering the current price of the iPhone. On the other hand the iPod was and is one of the expensiest mp3 players.
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This is part of what I was thinking... the cost is going to keep a lot of people away. (For the record, I have an MP3 player, but it's not an iPod, and I'm good with that.) But even more importantly, just because you have the capability of using it to read, doesn't mean people will do that. Plenty of people already have PDAs and smartphones that are completely capable of reading e-books, yet its users wouldn't think of it. (For that matter, most of those PDAs and smartphones do a lot of things that the majority of their owners never use.)
It might seem like a no-brainer to some of us, but for those in this forum who still say reading on a PDA screen is no good for them, they understand that just having an iPhone doesn't necessarily mean it will ever be used as an e-book reader.
I do believe e-books will become common, and read on portable electronic devices. I just think Jerry's being overly-expectant of the iPhone being the device that tips the balance.