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Originally Posted by feenix1363
Android tablets are already cheaper than Ereaders.
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I'll admit that I hadn't realised how much Android tablets had come down in price. A quick Google suggests I could get one for about £65. Mind you, I also found an e-book reader at WHSmith for £60 (with a TFT screen, but marketed as an e-book reader, none the less)
So, I'm not sure that Android tablets are cheaper, plus, the store that would sell me the tablet is a web shop that I've never heard of, whereas WHSmith has a shop in pretty much every city in the UK. So, I'd suggest that the general public's perception is that e-readers are cheaper. My entirely unscientific check seems to back up that perception.
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Originally Posted by feenix1363
I'm pleased to see that ereaders are coming down in price but that for me is not a priority. I also don't need my ereader to take notes, display photos, connect via anything more than USB, be touch sensitive. What I'm looking for is colour, and bigger screens. Lets have a proper comic reader, that works from e-ink. Make the machine smaller, make the battery last longer.
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I'm happy with my K3, so I won't really be affected by changes in price or functionality until I come to look for a replacement. However, what I or you think isn't really relevant to the OP's prediction that e-readers "will be replaced very soon by tablets or netbooks" - that will be determined by what the general public think.