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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
My gosh, I certainly hope the Sony Reader will be outdated in less than 10 years. If it takes that long, what would that say about future Sony devices and all the other potential new devices we hope to see? We are surely hoping for progress faster than that!
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I agree! 10 years seems an awfully long time for any device. But I suppose when you measure it against, paper, then 10 years is microscopic.
In any case, I had been thinking about my own adoption of e-devices. In my first decade (1970-1980), there really wasn't much electronic-readable available to the average household. But this has exploded since then.
I am visiting with my parents this week and even though each of them have their own computers, they read the newspaper every morning. Me? I get my laptop and read RSS feeds and I get the same information they do.
This is the kind of adoption I think you'll see with ebook readers, but it's going to take a long time, I think.
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Originally Posted by ultim8fury
I've just read the article and I'm amused by the two examples of unchanging technology he quotes.
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Heh. In this, the writer reminds me of George Costanza who pontificated that tissue paper hadn't changed in a thousand years. Jerry and Elaine pointed out how it has changed..