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Convergence was supposed to be the death of all single purpose devices such as mobile phones, cameras, mp3 players etc. It hasn't happened with any of them yet and it wont happen with ereaders any time soon.
The do everything device is great in theory but not in practice. History has shown people want devices to do what they do really well. They may buy the single do everything device but they still buy the dedicated devices for use when they want to do those things the dedicated device is for.
Almost everyone I know owns a mobile phone that has a digital camera on it yet many still own a compact digital camera too for taking holiday shots. Their mobile phones also have an mp3 player on board yet almost all own a dedicated mp3 player they carry with them everywhere for listening to music. Many of those that love reading read on their mobile phone yet a few have still bought a dedicated reader and more plan to in the future when prices drop.
I can't see the situation changing any time soon.
Cheers,
PKFFW
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