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Originally Posted by Sonist
First, $350 is not a huge amount - many spend more on a dinner with friends.
Second, I am not arguing against convergence, just that at the present time, I don't see an alternative to the e-ink technology. It is a different animal, as I said before. Much better for reading than your iPod. Much. Trust me, I have both.
It is more like paper, thus easier on your eyes over longer periods. When something similar comes along which can do full motion in color, of course it would take over. But there is nothing like this, that you should wait for.
Bigger, cheaper e-ink type screens will come in the next year or so, and so will greater sales.
This is totally anecdotal evidence, but it seems over the past year a third of my friends have purchased an e-reader. Not all are such avid readers. I think Amazon is really spearheading this in the US, and within a year or two it will do it in Europe.
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What kind of world do you live in, because I'd love to live in a world where someone can spend $350 on a night out (about £280) and not have to worry about rent and food and whether or not they're going to get laid off next week because the economy is up the swanny.
Next time I go out for 'dinner' (read: to the chippy) I'll be sure to find some of these people who spend so much and ask them to pay.