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Originally Posted by ficbot
There is for sure a market for dedicated devices. Using the phone as an example, I could get an iphone and it would replace my phone and my ipod Touch. But it also requires a really expensive contract, and I don't use a phone enough to justify it. It is much cheaper for me to have a very inexpensive phone plan with corresponding cheap phone.
Similarly, there still seems to be a market for garlic presses and other 'unitasker' kitchen gadgets even though you could theoretically do it all with a chef's knife  |
I agree, when I got the reader I thought "why on earth did they put a music player on this device?" I have a stereo, my phone, a computer -- why would I need yet another music playing device? Apart from the fact that it is distracting to listen to music while reading -- but I am sure other people feel differently about that, however, they could still play music from their phones which we always have with us, anyway.