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Originally Posted by John Bailey
Nothing.
It's a netbook with a slower processor and no keyboard.
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Are you kidding? It is not about hardware. The question was what will it do for eBook pricing and availability.
It will do a great things. It will add a huge buying force for books in another store. It will open more doors for eBooks, acceptance, standardization and will create more competition!!!
PLUS it will single-handedly bring more users to ebooks than are here now.
This device is going to sell millions!! And will likely sell many millions of ebooks. More authors and publishers will be forced to include their works as eBooks.
As I mentioned in another post you will likely see e-Ink go away. It won't be very fast but unless e-ink and the current eReader manufacturers can drive the prices down to the magic sub-$100 category, the color and backlighting is going to be very hard stay away from.
You should also guess that within 1 year from today there will be at least 6-12 more color tablets hit the market and then the prices will fall. Most of the tablet people will read some books on it even if the main draw is web and other media.
It is so NOT about hardware or feeds-and-speeds.