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Originally Posted by dsip
It could very well have ads in it though, couldn't it? Many articles I read online are divided into pages that would probably fit an e-readers's "page" and do in fact contain one ad, often in the middle.
And considering how many things in this world are financed by advertising, I think it's not unlikely to happen (Heck, most of the internet works this way..). It will probably take a while though, because right now most customers would (at least I guess so) not be very likely to give up their paper newspaper (What would be a newspaper you can't hide behind!  ). |
I think the screens will need to get larger. 16 shades of grey is fine for displaying the ads, but you would need more screen space or all that will fit is ads. This will also bulk up the downloads - so an increase is price may be necessary to cover the added wireless time.
Ads could also be made more useful - set up an index of the coupons in grocery ads, then let you just scan them in at the store, for example. This concept has already somewhat gone into place for some smart phones.