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Originally Posted by BWinmill
To remove distractions during phases of the flight when the passenger's attention may be required. E-readers shouldn't be any worse than books in this respect, but tablets containing games and movies probably are.
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This is exactly what I've been told by flight attendants. More than one has said that the point isn't to keep people from reading, it's to keep people from wearing headphones during all the safety (and sales, depending on the airline) blab.
There are way too many devices and capabilities for them to police each type, so they just prohibit everything.