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Originally Posted by fjtorres
But within the context of the "presumed" *ongoing* death of ereaders, it is implied that the failings of current tech keeps people from upgrading to new readers or to color eink. And that the tech gap is being filled with LCD tablets. Not unreasonable by itself as an observation of the world *today*.
Now, the linear thinkers behind the "eReaders are dying!" meme obviously think reflective display tech will never get better and it will never spur a wave of new dedicated reading devices.
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I think the more general point is that the market for 'dedicated reading devices', no matter how good they are, is much smaller than the market for general tablet devices. There are only so many frequent readers in the world, and at least in the US/UK, that market may be approaching saturation.