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Old 02-10-2013, 08:52 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Probably the latter. But not just ereaders. I don't see a future where any electronic device in what I call the "personal gadget" category is reliably manufactured to last for five to ten years, quite frankly. That's just not the business paradigm the personal gadget industry is predicated upon. Even if the hardware were to last that long and the software didn't glitch, the support framework for its particular feature set would probably be retired/phased out.
Exactly. I mean look at iPhones -- some of the "best" hardware build but they have sealed-in batteries which will fail after some (relatively short) time.

and this is basically true of most products these days. The economists/corporations must keep the river flowing.

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