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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
If readers weren't as crippled as they are, they'd have many of the same functions as an iPad, and people would buy them for similarly varied reasons. They are only "specialized" because they cannot do anything particularly well, and displaying badly typeset text is pretty much the simplest thing after a calculator.
My guess is that many people do buy iPads primarily for reading (I've even entertained the idea a few times myself), and many of the other functions are just extra justification. More power to them. I'd like it if the iPad were a bit higher res and wasn't so tethered, and if there were some decent ebook reading programs out there for it.
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I don't think they're crippled, they do what they were built to do, read e books and they do them great.
I don't think my couch is crippled because it doesn't turn into a car.
The funny thing I'm not arguing about the need or want of an iPad, I will eventual get one or one of its competitors if the HP ever get's their butts in gear. But I'm not buying it for the ereader.
and that's the point, everyone want to keep claiming that iPad and the Kindle,Nook, Sony market are the same. They're not by and large.