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Originally Posted by hermes
What about businessmen who are constantly on the move - in Lima one day and Paris the next and they want to download books at their five-star hotel's business center computer terminals? Why would Sony want to skip this market?
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Because said traveling businessmen probably already own laptops. More likely than, not, said businessmen would be using smartphones or tablets as an alternative to dedicated e-ink readers. As a bonus, you probably won't even have to deal with all the activation stuff on a smartphone. I think the major ebook retailers have smartphone apps available so you can just log-in and download directly on the device. No computer required.
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Originally Posted by hermes
Sure, I'm just an old hippy living on the edge in the third world (which I can't afford so I'm of to the 4th world soon). But seems there must be a significant business traveller niche that Sony would want to go after. Certainly *everyone* doesn't have their own laptop these days.
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Hmm, didn't netbook/laptop sales already surpass desktop sales? If your average Joe can afford one, then certainly a globe-trotting businessman should be able to afford one, too?