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Originally Posted by axel77
Also I wonder, why do people always tend to compare eReaders to the iPod. Both fullfill so very different needs, I don't see the comparison valid. You can compare eReaders with same reasons as well with vacuum cleaners, not?
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Ebook reader vs iPod is a specious argument for two basic reasons:
1)
Everybody listens to music. Everybody
doesn't read.
2) Music is often a background activity, done while also doing something else. Reading is (and must be) a foreground activity.
Ebook readers will never achieve iPod like numbers. The market isn't big enough, and the price is unlikely to get low enough.
Of course, pointing this out to the folks who make such comparisons is likely a lost cause.
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Dennis