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Here's the thing: the most readily available personal computing device ever is the cell phone: you carry it anywhere and it serves well the purpose of voice or text communication, reading, watching and listening to digital content. All through some wireless wideband connection. It is a Trojan Horse for aggregate cheap techs and has alredy eaten the market of niche devices such as PDAs and old pagers.
How long until high refresh rate and colorful e-ink screens hit the market and make possible for both video watching and lowpower static text consumption on cell phones a reality? Unless dedicated e-readers are priced as low as some magazine, I don't see them more than a doomed niche indeed, unable to compete with an all-in-1 in most people's pockets already...
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