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Originally Posted by Faenad
Even it's it the only one having a small 7" tablet form factor, there are many other device that have their own unique form factor, are not really more expensive, and are manufactured by serious company.
Many of them running on more established platform than ARM + Linux, with already many ebook reader software available.
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The 7" tablet form factor is good for web browsing and for ebook reading. This is the only device anywhere close to this price with this form factor. Obviously, a similar device could be made with WinMobile and it would then in some ways be more "mainstream". It would read MS Office documents for example and might support ebook readers with DRM. However, if someone is making such a device I am not aware of it. Similarly, there will soon be devices with this form factor running Windows XP but at a much higher price and probably with a shorter battery life.
All current dedicated ebook readers are running Linux. So this could be made into a Kindle-like ebook reader with the addition of the right software. It would not be much different from now, except that it would include a pre-loaded mobile Adobe Digital Editions or eReader (or MobiPocket Java Reader). I don't see this as likely for this particular device, but it does indicate that there is perhaps an unfilled niche here.