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Just put this as your sig, it will save so much time on here.  |
But then I'd have nothing to talk about since I don't really care about e-readers anymore!
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Given the extra features there are probably plenty of people who would be happy with lesser battery life, the question companies have to ask themselves is whether the more features less battery product is what the mainstream wants or if it is more of a niche item that should come later when they expand their range.
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Yeah, very true. IMO the evidence points toward that being a niche given how tablet PCs, slate PCs etc. have been very small niche items for years.
But to be fair, those tend to be very expensive, so maybe there is more of a market smaller tablet/slate pcs with prices around $500. Time will tell on that front.
My money is on devices like the iPad being watch catches on with the mainstream if any tablets do. I think the vast majority of people are fine with desktops, laptops and netbooks for their computing needs. So I see more room for media consumption tablets with long battery life etc. But even those catching on in the mainstream is far from a given.
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Incidentally, there are now other reports on the gagdet blogs stating that the slate hasn't been killed off, so it might be a bit soon to announce it's death.
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Yep. Like I said they're probably just killing the Windows 7 HP Slate and will rework it around WebOS since they just bought Palm.