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Originally Posted by fugazied
My view is that within 5 years netbooks/tablets will be so advanced (esp as batteries and screens advance) that their disadvantages will be tiny. Dedicated ebook devices will boom for a few years but then tablets/netbooks will dominate the mobile computing sector including mobile reading.
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I agree.
Dedicated e-readers will certainly stick around as there's at the very least a very sizeable niche for them with people who don't do anything but read and don't need, or want to pay for, other features.
But in 5 years or so I think the majority of e-books will be bought on tablets, netbooks, smartphones etc. vs. dedicated readers as there are larger markets for those devices than there are people who read enough to justify owning a gadget that does nothing but display e-books.
But it's good news for those people and the dedicated e-reader crowd as expanding the market for e-books beyond tech-inclined avid readers means better selection and prices for everyone--regardless of the type of device they read them on.