Thread: PCs are best for e-reading, Microsoft's Ballmer says
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Old 10-09-2009, 01:21 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by pilotbob View Post
But PC's are big, bulky, heavy and have awful batter life.
Not necessarily. We're seeing more and more ultra-portables being released in the past few months. We now have a couple of reasonably-priced ultra-thin notebooks (e.g. Acer Aspire Timeline, ASUS UL, MSI X340). We're bound to see Intel's CULV processors on tablets/slates sooner or later. Then, there's the Atom. Sure, battery life still can't compare to e-ink but a PC certainly has more functionality.

Besides, Microsoft isn't the best when it comes to marketing. If they do release an ebook reading device, it'll probably flop so they're better off leaving the gadget making to hardware companies and just encourage companies to release software readers for their operating systems.
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