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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
But as I said the point isn't a larger PDA. But a 9-10" Tablet that does all kinds of stuff--PDA functions, e-books, e-mail, full featured web browsing (not the limited usefulness of a tiny phone screen), videos, games, music, note taking, ability to mark up word documents, view spread sheets etc.
I think there would be a nice market for something like that. It wouldn't replace smart phones, as people are going to want something they can just carry in their pocket. But it could replace a lot of other gadgets.
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I've been avoiding posting to this thread, since it's drifted away from my original purpose of starting it, but oh well, "flow with the go..."
I agree with what you're saying, and that matches my 'vision' of the future. It's not a question of what LARGE numbers of people WANT. It's a question of COMPETITION. If you have a choice between two devices that are equally good for reading whatever it is you want to read, but one of them ONLY does that, and the other one also lets you take notes on what you read, play music, play games, etc, etc, which one do you think most folks will choose? It's not a question of cost, because (for the most part) those extra features don't COST anything to include. The book reader market is already getting quite competitive, and once prices drop beyond a certain point, adoption will skyrocket and competition will get even MORE intense. We seen it all before: when there's competition, features get added whether they're really useful or not, whether the customers want them or not, it's a way for the companies to differentiate their product.
It WILL happen.
And it doesn't have to impact the READING aspect of these devices in any way. (It undoubtedly WILL impact some companies' offerings, but it doesn't HAVE to, once display and battery technology advances a little more.)