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Originally Posted by gmw
If you want useful answers it pays to use words according to current usage patterns. The term "e-reader" is - surprise surprise - typically used for those devices whose primary purpose is reading e-books.
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Like I said, it was not my intention to be rude. I was making an observation. People jumped upon my thread and made tangential or contrary contributions [not everyone, mind you!] with little reference to my original statement.
There are probably a number of reasons why this is/was the case and I think it's interesting enough to be worthy of reflection.
As I said, there are a
multitude of these devices and more on the way. It's not only Onyx Boox Note, which has already been out for several years. I'm just not that knowledgeable about the others... I assumed that these devices would be common knowledge to
writers on a
mobile readforum. I'm surprised that they may be far more niche than expected.