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Originally Posted by Robotech_Master
I wish people would quit using "eReader" and derivatives so confusingly. eReader is one specific company (well, two, counting Fictionwise) and one specific reader format put out by that company.
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Originally Posted by JasonB
I think it's too late. Most people say "kleenex" rather than "tissue" - even though, if they think about it, they know that Kleenex is a brand name. It doesn't really matter as the concept is still conveyed properly.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Calling it an eReader will just confuse the issue and have some people thinking that eReader format is the format to purchase. Please refrain from invorrect use of the term eReader.
What we have is anot an eReader. It's an Electronic eBook Display Device or if you prefer, eBook Viewer and some will even call it an eBook Reader. But it is definitely not an eReader. eReader is a the name of an eBook format and the program used to display eReader format. Even using the term spelled ereader (without the capitol R) can be confusing for sum. Especially since Fictionwise says eReader is the recommended format all over their site.
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eReader can become both a brandname and a category name. How many of you remember the walkman? Only Sony was allowed to brandish that word, but everybody had a walkman. And what about the ipod? You can hardly find a text anymore that talks of an "MP3 player", but it rather talks about an "ipod or other music player".
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I am going with PADD from now on.
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I agree with this! I would so buy a device with that name, even if only to say I have a PADD
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
my liseuse never gets close to the bathroom ; i'd be afraid to drop it on the tile floor, or splash water on it, or something else...  |
I often read in the bathtub, it is, after all, one of the better places to read!