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Canuck_in_Japan · 06-07-2009, 02:09 AM

I would love to have an e-reader but they're still so expensive and the technology still seems so archaic (actually perhaps a better term would be "in its infancy"). I'm wondering, as someone who is interested in getting an e-reader, would it be a good idea to just sit back and wait for another 6 months? I'm wondering if what happened with the netbooks will also happen with e-readers. I'm glad I waited and didn't get stuck with a tiny 7 inch monitor with 4GB HD Eee PC and managed to get the 10 inch 80GB Eee 1000H for basically the same price. And that was literally the difference of just a few months.

06-07-2009, 02:09 AM	#1
Canuck_in_Japan Wizard Posts: 1,476 Karma: 14328611 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tokyo, Japan Device: Aura, Aura H2O, Kindle PW3	Is it even a good time to be buying an e-reader? I would love to have an e-reader but they're still so expensive and the technology still seems so archaic (actually perhaps a better term would be "in its infancy"). I'm wondering, as someone who is interested in getting an e-reader, would it be a good idea to just sit back and wait for another 6 months? I'm wondering if what happened with the netbooks will also happen with e-readers. I'm glad I waited and didn't get stuck with a tiny 7 inch monitor with 4GB HD Eee PC and managed to get the 10 inch 80GB Eee 1000H for basically the same price. And that was literally the difference of just a few months.