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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
Since the goal is to read a book rather than fly a plane, it makes more sense to me that someone in your position should go with a netbook-type device or -- gasp -- a tablet PC than to try and turn a dedicated, focused, optimized reading device into a netbook.
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What I do not understand is why are you even attempting to define what the goal--for a given device--is. And, more importantly, what you are hoping to gain from that limitation of functionality.
eInk screen is a limitation itself, these devices are poor (full blown) multifunction platforms. However, unlike iPhone itself and its competition, most of these devices are running the same (Linux) OS. For a manufacturer to open up kernel and provide a toolchain to the community/3rd_party_developers is a trivial effort. It is more a question of the mindset, than of technical difficulty.
Then it is up to the user to find the measure of essential/non_essential features for his device. To follow a "pure dedicated device" route, or to add 3rd party software (and suffer the consequences, if the platform itself is destabilized) to it.
Adobe is not going to lose focus on DE just because Sony Reader can be used for a quick game of sudoku, imho.