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We think there will still be a market for dedicated readers as long as "tablets remain in the $500 price range,” Lubell said."
Totally wack. Not only bookstore sales clerks but even manufacturer reps present the tablet/pda/ereader as basically the same thing, with only software controls to distinguish. THE WHOLE POINT OF AN EREADER is the ELECTRONIC INK PAGE. An ipad has its software advantages, as does a blackberry. But sales clerks never talk about "just compare how easy on the eyes the eink is compared to a backlit lcd". I guess they figure most customers would be confused and then upset by having to "learn" something in the store. A cheap tablet really might crush all eink readers, not only because people wouldn't care about the difference but because the difference was never really marketed to them.
so maybe we'll all lose access to the eink technology to ignorant mass adoption of cheapo lcd screens, just because they can play games in color and watch youtube on a full featured browser.
Hug your readers tightly, people, they're on their way out.
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