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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Others have no need for that stuff as they're older, don't need such a device for work and are just into reading and not much into music, video etc.
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I should probably be offended by that, somehow, but I'm gonna let it slide because I know what you meant...
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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
Thus there's plenty of room in the market for dedicated readers and multifunction devices that also can access say the Kindle store etc. Gives people options and gives e-books stores access to more customers. Seems like a no-brainer win-win situation to me. I think some are just overly worried about dedicated readers vanishing--but I don't see that happening. There we always at the least be a sizable niche for them. Just like there's a sizeable niche of academics/professionals who would buy a good tablet device.
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If larger-sized multifunction devices improve enough, there will be little need for dedicated devices... but the DDs might still be popular, depending on the set of features and prices they can manage to make them more relevant or personalized to an individual's usage patterns. I personally think they have a long ways to go, which is why I don't own one, but that's just my opinion, and others obviously like them exactly as they are.