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Originally Posted by HarryT
Given Mr. Jobs' obvious "hostility" to the idea of eBooks, I seriously doubt that this will happen. Reading is also probably not "mass market" enough for Apple to be interested.
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Harry, I do not believe Mr Jobs' was hostile to eBooks. He was doubting the business sense of a dedicated eBook reader when the market would be relatively small.
My son just got an iPod Touch. It is a good iPod. It also is adequate, in spite of its small screen, for watching TV shows and movies. I was most shocked by how good the web surfing is and the calendar and email. I went to Bartleby.com and started reading one of the books there. The print is much clearer than my Palm TX with the upgraded fonts. As soon as the SDK is released I would expect there to be an eBook reader that will the best experience of multi-use devices in that size.
There is a rumor of a coming device which could be a larger Touch or perhaps a Touch with BlueTooth. If a larger Touch came out, it could be significant competition for dedicated eBook readers in spite of the superiority of eInk for reading. I think many people would rather spend their money for a media and internet device which can be used for a good eBook reader. Returning to Mr. Jobs' comment, I believe it should be interpreted to mean, if the people who read a lot were the majority, Apple would would make a dedicated device for it is the best way to read eBooks.