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Originally Posted by etherspin
this will hurt e-readers to the same degree as mobile phones with cameras hurt digital cameras.. not much
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I think the quality of camera's on mobile phones are vastly different from the quality you can get with a digital camera. If you add in the fact that a netbook with an LCD screen that won't strain your eye's similar to an eink device also has the ability to support other actions (programs/software/web browers/video) I think the better comparison you should make is this will hurt e-readers to the same degree as the ipod hurt portable cd players. Cameras in phones are a step down in functionality from dedicated digital cameras (Sony has small digital camera's that can shoot HD video quality better than some larger camcorders), e-readers only provide one function, reading books, netbooks have multifarious functions one of which will be reading books and to tell the truth if you can throw an Adobe reader program on there they will be better at reading PDFs because of the versatility of an operating system versus what ereaders can do with their limited customizing ability.
Do I think eReaders will go away immediately, no but I think if Pixel Qi comes through with its pricing quotes of being in the range of netbooks today you won't be seeing a lot of news about eink readers next year as their recent 15 minutes of fame will be over.
