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Pinecone · 08-02-2011, 10:22 AM

I would call an electronic reader a device whose primary designed purpose was to read books. It can have other functions, but it was designed to read books. The other functions are icing to try to get people to buy THIS product.

A Palm is not an ereader, but can be used like one (and I am a long time Palm user). Same with things like the Psion and other handheld/tablet devices.

08-02-2011, 10:22 AM	#55
Pinecone Guru Posts: 902 Karma: 1660722 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Maryland Device: PRS-650, PRS-600, PRS-350	I would call an electronic reader a device whose primary designed purpose was to read books. It can have other functions, but it was designed to read books. The other functions are icing to try to get people to buy THIS product. A Palm is not an ereader, but can be used like one (and I am a long time Palm user). Same with things like the Psion and other handheld/tablet devices.