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Actually, I think the video was right on. Although the title was "doomed technologies" what he actually SAID about ereaders was "niche for life."
I think he's right. We are not going to see readers in common use like TVs or cell phones or PCs ... or Dead Tree Books.
Even if John Q. Public is an avid reader, he will always be content reading a DTB or reading ebooks on the multipurpose device he already has.
We who fancy dedicated e-readers are and will be a niche market, even if a growing one.
And we ourselves are seeing our 'dedicated' readers expand in functionality with every generation, so he's pretty much right.
I think he was pretty much right on all the others too.
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