ereaders (Kindle/Irex/Sony) articles seize Business week's front page

=X= · 09-24-2009, 03:48 PM

http://www.businessweek.com/

E-Readers: The Multipurpose Competition Heats Up

IRex: Kindle for the Enterprise?

Sony Reader Touch Edition Fills a Niche

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Hellmark · 09-24-2009, 04:10 PM

Just so you know, you have a few mispellings in your topic. "Kindle", and "articles".

They really seem to be giving the market some push lately.

JSWolf · 09-24-2009, 04:19 PM

Why is it that these sorts of articles have to be ruined by a mention of an Apple tablet that's not even been announced and is heavily rumored for too long for anyone to actually care?

Crowl · 09-24-2009, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is it that these sorts of articles have to be ruined by a mention of an Apple tablet that's not even been announced and is heavily rumored for too long for anyone to actually care?

Give credit to the power of apple's marketing, you see similar stuff in articles about mobiles phones, you could easily be mistaken and think that the iphone was number 1 in europe or america if you believed the hype when the reality is very different in both regions.

=X= · 09-25-2009, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hellmark

Just so you know, you have a few mispellings in your topic. "Kindle", and "articles".

They really seem to be giving the market some push lately.

Hey thanks I'm a horrible speller, btw you misspelled "mispelling"

For sure the eReader is heating up. A great point their making is that there is a large push to make multi purpose devices that are great productivity devices in addition to great eReaders. SONY PRS-600 does a decent attempt and Microsoft's TablePC prototyped does a fantastic job at doing both.

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Hellmark · 09-25-2009, 03:36 PM

As far as the apple stuff goes, well depends on how you look at it. Globally, for cell phone sales, last I saw Apple only had 1.2%, and 14% of smartphone sales based on OS usage (which meant #1 was Symbian at 51%). The only North America stats I've seen were that it had like 37 percent of smartphone sales at the close of 2007 (just behind Blackberry).

HansTWN · 09-25-2009, 08:49 PM

Those apple fanboys have to inject their silly chants into every discussion about technology. Maybe we should appoint Steve Jobs the new messiah? A great man, no doubt, he can bring his disciples so much happiness even though he gives them so little real functionality. Form over function, praise the freedom of the Apple chains!

09-24-2009, 03:48 PM	#1
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	ereaders (Kindle/Irex/Sony) articles seize Business week's front page http://www.businessweek.com/ E-Readers: The Multipurpose Competition Heats Up IRex: Kindle for the Enterprise? Sony Reader Touch Edition Fills a Niche =X=

09-24-2009, 04:10 PM	#2
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	Just so you know, you have a few mispellings in your topic. "Kindle", and "articles". They really seem to be giving the market some push lately.

09-24-2009, 04:19 PM	#3
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,224 Karma: 145488788 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Why is it that these sorts of articles have to be ruined by a mention of an Apple tablet that's not even been announced and is heavily rumored for too long for anyone to actually care?

09-25-2009, 03:36 PM	#6
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	As far as the apple stuff goes, well depends on how you look at it. Globally, for cell phone sales, last I saw Apple only had 1.2%, and 14% of smartphone sales based on OS usage (which meant #1 was Symbian at 51%). The only North America stats I've seen were that it had like 37 percent of smartphone sales at the close of 2007 (just behind Blackberry).

09-25-2009, 08:49 PM	#7
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	Those apple fanboys have to inject their silly chants into every discussion about technology. Maybe we should appoint Steve Jobs the new messiah? A great man, no doubt, he can bring his disciples so much happiness even though he gives them so little real functionality. Form over function, praise the freedom of the Apple chains!

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