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Old 07-31-2011, 01:48 PM   #16
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I find it hard to believe more tablets were sold than ereaders, considering the cost.

Isnt there a recession on?
A lot of iPads (I've never seen a figure) were sold to businesses where they need to read PDF documents, email, and check-in on the company. These are expensed so there's no impact on the family budget. They're probably little used the same way as eBook readers.

If the kindle DX had an SD card slot, and a better browser and a much better PDF rendering engine it might have given the iPad some competition, but the DX really was designed as an eBook reader. I think the difference in acceptance between the two is instructive.
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Old 07-31-2011, 03:15 PM   #17
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The article (or collection of charts) is a mess. Some of its weirdness can be explained by the fact that it is measuring different things - e-reader market share in the US vs. global tablet sales, for example.

But other things make so little sense that they must be wrong:



According to this chart, about 12% of e-reader users use their e-reader to read blogs, watch movies (!), or do word processing. And something like 25% use their e-readers for web browsing.

This can't be correct - even considering a rooted NC as an e-reader, the numbers are much too high.
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Old 07-31-2011, 04:56 PM   #18
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I watch movies on my Kindle all the time. All the time.
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Old 07-31-2011, 05:06 PM   #19
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Strongly suggests that some people who own general purpose tablets have reported them as ereaders.
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Old 07-31-2011, 06:50 PM   #20
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I think the message is some people prefer readers for reading, some people prefer tablets.

Some people with tablets will read on them because of convenience (like reading on a phone), since they are carrying it anyway.

And there are some people with no desire for a tablet, but read a lot and want a reader.

And of course, there are those who don't want either.
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The market for iPads is much bigger than for ereaders.
This. There really isn't a market for 'other than iPad tablets' yet.
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There really isn't a market for another Apple religion yet either.....
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There really isn't a market for another Apple religion yet either.....


Nor room for yet more anti-company rants... and I mean any anti-company rants... it is now beyond boring and well past irritating... get a life and if you can't contribute a relevant quote then don't bother...

Just like the quote above...
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This. There really isn't a market for 'other than iPad tablets' yet.
I agree, elcreative. I'm so tired of hearing this type of nonsense.
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