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Originally Posted by Alisa
Even though most people don't read books, they do read things that are best in color like magazines and that's the sort of ephemeral publication which is ideal for electronic distribution.
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Definitely. And such a tablet device is what will really spark sales of e-versions of magazines etc.
They're not very good on e-ink readers IMO as the smaller screens make the format too different from print versions, and for magazines the lack of color is a killer. I still have a print subscription to Newsweek as I didn't like the Kindle version at all.
So I could definitely see e-subscriptions of magazines rising if some kind of multimedia tablet devices takes off in the mainstream.
Though I wouldn't expect that to happen for the first few generations of such a device. They really need to make it functional enough to be able to replace people's laptops/netbooks for them to really take off.
IMO the ideal would just be to have a nice dock that you could hook a keyboard and mouse too and use it like a PC or laptop at home, and then be able to take the tablet itself out and use it with styus etc.
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Originally Posted by katysax
It won't be any kind of a Kindle killer. Instead, it will put the technology to read Kindle books in the hands of many more people.
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Exactly. That's how these kind of devices can really expand the market for e-books, e-magazines and e-newspapers. It gets the tech in the hands of people who would never buy a dedicated reader, but may by some content when their new gadget can easily access it.