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"What does Apple have to explain?"
Because it is nearly mimicking what sega did in the late 90s
"Maybe I want a phone, and a larger form factor for reading, etc."
True but there's just too many formats
"You want an iPad with 3G, they're coming, just wait a few extra weeks (no deception here, dates have been advertised since the beginning - unless of course one can't read, but then a Kindle is moot). For those of us who don't want or need 3G, it's nice to have the wifi version (cheaper, no data plan needed)."
True to a point but there are some that assume that wifi is everywhere when that isn't the case.
"Um, I think it's great the iPad will have a Kindle App. What's wrong with this? What's wrong with people wanting an iPad and Kindle books, or an iPad that can readily access all their current Kindle books?"
there's nothing wrong with that at all but apple certainly isn't going to make as much money on it as they thought they would. It reminds me of way back in the day when coleco came out with an adapter to pay atari games on its console..not exactly the brightest move.
"Open system, ya, agreed, but hey, not like the Kindle is open, lol."
Calibre certainly helps as does the font hacks.
I think the demand will vary. Mostly because this doesn't feel as big as the last releases. Iphone was big because it was a smart phone...ipod was big because it was a simple mp3 player...but this? not so much
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