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Old 03-07-2010, 04:54 PM   #108
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It's clear enough that people have a basic dislike of Apple, but I think that it could easily change if Apple released something that was generally satisfactory to them. The problem with Apple is that most of the time you can draw a parallel to some non-apple product that can do the same thing but costs less. The rest of the time you can still draw a parallel to something that does the same thing and costs the same price, but with more freedom and potential customization. This is just another example of that.
I think it sometimes blinds the haters to the capabilities of some of these Apple devices.

If you look at it on it's merits, we have a 10 hr battery life (probably 8 hrs in real world), very high quality touch screen color LCD. Immediately the possibilities for this device and e-books, color newspapers, color magazines, comics and interactivity within those platforms becomes apparent.

This will be a popular device in the mainstream, trendy with kids and their parents will hear about it through them and the mainstream media. Most will buy it for movies, internet, music, email, gaming and to have some of their favourite iPhone apps in a larger form factor. The reader aspect is just a bonus for most of those kinds of purchasers. Suddenly the market for e-books will be growing by a few million. Millions of people who may have never bought a dedicated e-reader will have this all in one device.

That's pretty important for further popularising e-books and it will have a positive effect on the entire e-books industry imo.
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