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Originally Posted by cartman
Its incredible to see people's reactions to this reader. Everybody is astounded by the extremely clear fonts and the perfect visibility even under direct sunlight. I think that everybody agrees that ebook readers will become the ipod of the next decade.
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I love my PRS-505 as well, but I am afraid it will not become the ipod of the next decade. It's easy to forget how few people read avidly in a bookish forum like mobileread.
Look at it this way, considering my 11th grade class as a representation of the American population,
out of 20 students 15 have ipods or similar music devices.
Yet only 4 of us read enough to justify investment investment into an e-ink device.
Traditionally, the use of an e-ink device is something relegated to nerds and geeks. And we all are to a certain extent or we wouldn't be in a forum dedicated entirely to portable reading devices. And our numbers are falling fast as people read even less.
And the blue ebook is NOT faster.
PROUD OWNER OF NOT-BLUE EBOOK
