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Originally Posted by SanFranMatt
So while my version of the ereader (500 model) will be obsolete in a couple years, I'm confident that it will still function for its main purpose: to read books on. I'm confident that in 5 or 10 years, I'll still be able to buy a new book and put it on the device. Maybe it won't be in sony's format, but I'll have software that can convert it with ease.
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Not to put anyone else's views down, but this is the point that has mattered in the e-book market thus far. Anyone remember the large format palm looking device in the 90s that was an almost dedicated reader? (
Franklin_eBookMan) I don't either except when making obscure references Ok now this will get a response, anyone remember the reb1100 or 1150, before they were purchased... or heck after they were purchased for the 3rd time... by
EBookwise-1150 There are still lots of hand held devices that are still doing their backup duty now full time... acting as text readers.
What I have learned from history that directly applies to the current situation
- The device has to keep working
- The device needs decent battery life (5+ hours, or 500+ pages)
- The device needs to survive being shoved in a purse
- but most importantly, the community needs to be able to provide its own content.
Like so many other things, until the content provider wars are settled and there are ways to get ebooks as standardly and freely as there are dvds and music cds, everything else is just ... posturing on a good day, and phalic compairison on a bad one
