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Originally Posted by Mycropht

When we take a look at the history of the book reading part of humanity, it is obvious that the percentage was never very high. Why, it was exactly zero before the first book was made. Today, I believe the percentage is relatively high, surely higher than in the 17th century. I do not fear for the future of reading. In this case, we have to consider just who has said that the people do not read anymore. It is entirely possible that Jobs who has achieved so much also has missed some things. Maybe he has never experienced the joy of reading a fictional novel, something which is not a technical manual or a book on methods of making more more money out of money. If that is the case, I pity him.

Careful, I don't think he said that no one reads anymore rather that less people read for entertainment.

Originally Posted by Mambo

C'mon, if there would be a reading app in iPod, everybody here would complain that it's useless, because LCD hurts your eyes and all you want is eink.

Most of the people here just can't be pleased. You can find fault in everything if you want.

I use the Nano out of all iPods for emergency reading; it's the smallest and worst to read on.
Since I'm a jazz fan and there is none on the airwaves where I live, I carry the Nano as my main radio for the car and for basic entertainment in waiting lines, all the time. I can forget the cell but not the Nano. Just last week a five minute wait in an office transformed itself to a 75 minute wait with no hope of escape. I was glad the Nano was there just as many people around here are glad to have their smart phone about with them. Sure it hurts the eyes but there is a need there for it. But my main device is the Sony and it will stay for a long time.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

People are NOT going to be paying $300-$400 to read newspapers and magazines. Especially when the reading experience is better via the paper copies.

Right, and most of that reading is better served by a computer because the navigation through all those pages is better and that since most articles are relatively short it's not all that bad to read right there.