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ProfCrash · 05-02-2012, 11:09 AM

Kindles, heck the Kindle Fire, are far more likely to work their way into K-8 schools due to cost. Do you want to trust a First Grader with a $500 machine or the $100 machine?

That goes for Nooks, Kobos and the like.

As the e-readers move more into the tablet market we will see a growth in e-textbooks that will work on the less expensive devices. I would guess that most college students cannot really afford a laptop and an IPad, you can buy a fully functional laptop for less then a 64 GB WiFi only IPad these days but it is easier to justify a Kobo Vox or Nook Tablet.

05-02-2012, 11:09 AM	#58
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Kindles, heck the Kindle Fire, are far more likely to work their way into K-8 schools due to cost. Do you want to trust a First Grader with a $500 machine or the $100 machine? That goes for Nooks, Kobos and the like. As the e-readers move more into the tablet market we will see a growth in e-textbooks that will work on the less expensive devices. I would guess that most college students cannot really afford a laptop and an IPad, you can buy a fully functional laptop for less then a 64 GB WiFi only IPad these days but it is easier to justify a Kobo Vox or Nook Tablet.