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Originally Posted by waffleman
CNET is 100% correct. DEDICATED e-readers are indeed doomed. Who wants to have an e-reader, a cell phone, a lap top, a tablet when you can have a single device that does it all. Of course there is no such device yet, but we are getting close. Heck, look at the Nook Color, Galaxi Tab, and iPad - there are already pretty popular and I suspect taking a significant market share away from the dedicated e-readers.
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You know what I did the day after Apple announced the iPad? Bought a netbook. There is no way I could care less about tablets - they do not do what I need. I would not want to read on a tablet or any other color device that has an LCD screen. I've tried that before and it is hard on my eyes. I prefer e-ink and I prefer a dedicated ereader.
I understand that some dedicated ereaders can do *very basic* web browsing, show photos, and has a very basic mp3 player. This does not mean the item is not a dedicated ereader. You cannot visit 90% of the internet with them. Any photos on ereaders look horrible. There is no way I would listen to my favorite album on an ereader... so why call ereaders multi-function devices? It does nothing well but books. Which is all I want it to do.