Thread: Are smartphones the future?
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Old 08-04-2011, 04:12 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by MartinC View Post
The UK telecoms regulator Ofcom says that one in three adults in Britain now uses a smartphone, according to a BBC news story today.

Amazon are tight-lipped about the actual number of Kindles in use, but doesn't this make smartphones the effective platform of choice for e-reading?
The future for what, reading? ... no, I don't think so.

We have had PDFs, monitors, computer, for a long time. That did not replace regular ebooks.

Smartphones are too small for reading. Take for example computer books. You need a 10" screen or landscape in order to be able to read code properly, same for poetry.

It's an ok alternative for some type of books or "on the road", but not a full replacement.
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