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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib
I don't believe we have a limited future with dedicated ebook Readers. I feel the entire future prospects for ebook reading is happening right now and growing...
I feel very strongly that ebook Readers will become as entrenched in one's reading habits as books have become, even though statistics indicate that reading is less important in one's national psyche.
Once ebook Readers can really be separated from computers, the the first step toward real acceptance will occur.
I feel it is already happening.
Don
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So do you feel that once we have a screen that is as readable and efficient as e-ink but fast enough for other applications that people will still choose to have a separate device for reading when they could have a multifunction tablet that handled many of the things most of us currently do with computers and PDAs? This device would still be just as good at presenting books. It's not like it would be a huge price savings to dumb down the tablet and I'm not seeing a large market for a reduced functionality device unless the price savings was substantial. While I'm sure there would still be people who would prefer not to have the distractions of other functions, I doubt these people would present a sizeable market.