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What I'm seeing is more blurring of the lines on "what exactly IS an ebook reader". There are more and more MID's and Personal Media Players coming out that are the same price or lower, and read text formats. The major difference is LCD vs. E-ink, (and we've had that debate ad nauseum around here), and how much finagling someone's willing to do to turn a device that might not have been exactly meant to be an ebook reader, into an ebook reader.
For example: I'm looking at/coveting/drooling over the Archos 9. It's meant to be a nearly full stop computer in a tablet form. BUT...running Windows 7 means it will read every ebook format (DRM and non DRM) except Amazon's Topazand Sony's LRX. Install a few programs like Calibre, MS Reader, Mobipocket Reader, and Adobe. Add that to the tablet form factor and what have you got? A very nifty ebook reader.
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