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Originally Posted by SimonSays
Interesting.. but seems as some of these ereaders are starting to be just more like tablets or smaller versions of a laptop or even hdtv screen. Why go so big when you could just use your computer to do the same job? I thought purpose to go smaller was to make it more portable? I just don't get it- maybe I am not cool enough or something
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It's not about cool. You either have the need or you don't. Laptops aren't a great form factor for multimedia unless you generally always have your laptop when you're consuming multimedia, and even then... Reading a book on my acer aspire means either reading at a desk or some awkward gymnastics in a less formal setting. It's too bulky, heat issues abound, the balance is all wrong and it's more generally uncomfortable to hold -- and that's an important piece of the puzzle. It's about more than specs.
In regard to movies, there are times when you want something portable enough, but now, with HDMI out and some decent low powered GPUs that can really handle HDTV, you can take your portable player from a setting where you need one, then plug it into an HDTV in a setting where you don't need one seamlessly and keep your total amount of media transfers and streaming down.
Adam isn't an ereader. It's a multimedia tablet on which ereading is a fairly comfortable task. Some people are going to prefer a dedicated reader. Others would prefer a more functional item, without having to wrestle a laptop into submission. This class of items means people like me are finally going to get served. If you don't fall into the class of people that wants this particular combination of features, that's okay too.