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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Never say never. Remember, iPods and their ilk can be very expensive. The iPod Touch with 32GB costs more then a Sony Reader PRS-505 (for example). Also, we don't know what people will purchase in the future or what the eBook devices will be like. I think what is holding back eBook devices at the moment is the tower of eBable, DRM, and wildly inaccurate pricing. Once these issues are solved, I think it will pick up big time.
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I largely agree. I simply think the overall market for dedicated ereader devices is simply
smaller by a good margin than the one for MP3 players, for the reasons mentioned.
An ereader
won't get iPod numbers. I
can't. It
should be able to get numbers that will make the manufacturer quite happy, but knocking it because it doesn't sell as many as the iPod is a fallacious argument..
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I have to agree it's a lost cause to compare eBook devices to an iPod. Totally different devices bought for different reasons.
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Precisely.
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Yes, I know my 505 and others can play mp3/aac. But I don't use it for that. I use to to read electronic content to which it works quite well. I've tried my wife's Touch with one of the sample eReader format eBooks and while it is readable, the screen is quite small for that.
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<shrug>
I've read happily on Palm OS devices, ranging from 160x160 gray scale to 320x320 color to my current 320x480 color with no issues. I
have diddled the settings to use smaller than default fonts, but I read comfortably before I did so.
I wouldn't mind a device with a larger screen, but I need color, and I need a device that does more than view ebooks, so a dedicated reader isn't on my wish list.
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Dennis