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Originally Posted by RWood
Harry, you sound like me in always going for the "next best thing." However somewhere along the way I will (every now and then) just keep a gadget long past when others have moved on. My mp3 player for example is the original Creative Zen with 30 GB -- long out of favor.
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Let me slightly amend what I said before. I buy new versions of gadgets as long as they have what are, for me, worthwhile improvements. Eg, I'm still buying new iPods as Apple bring them out because, for me, each new generation has brought something new that I value.
Things where I don't need new features, I don't buy. For example, I have a very basic mobile (cell) phone because I am one of these strange people who regards a mobile phone as a device on which to make phone calls, full stop. I don't need all the fancy extras that the modern phones have - cameras, MP3 players, FM radios, etc.
I very much consider the eBook reader market to be in its infancy. There will undoubtedly be new devices released over the next few years which offer significant enhancements. As I said, I don't see myself using the Sony Reader in 5 years time simply because by then I'm sure that Sony, or another manufacturer, will have come out with something a lot better. That's why I'm not really bothered by the theoretical life-span of the Reader's battery.