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Originally Posted by ppw
Would you buy a new dedicated e-reader to replace your 505? If not every one or two years, the hardware vendors will have to go after people currently without an e-reader. If these people only read books a couple minutes a day and are offered a choice of IPad (or clone) and a dedicated e-reader, which one will they pick?
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Yeah, when I get a tablet I'll keep my Kindle and read on it in bed etc. No reason not to since a Kindle 1 would be lucky to fetch $100 after the K2 price drop.
But I'm not sure I'd replace it if it broke or I lost it etc as I really don't mind reading on my girlfriend's iPad which I do at her place rather than taking my Kindle over most of the time.
To the second part of your point, that's nothing new. Dedicated e-readers were never going to sell to people who just read a little here and there. If you're not constantly reading a book (even if only a bit at night like me) then a dedicated reader is a silly purchase. Why buy something that only does a hobby that you're not into?
What e-reader companies will have to do is keep improving the devices and keep the prices down so they can sell them to avid readers who upgrade devices etc. They were never going to get non-readers or very light readers.