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Old 07-31-2011, 11:54 PM   #31
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Sony Librie, actually.
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Old 08-01-2011, 02:54 AM   #32
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What about the Franklin Ebookman? I used to use one of them and it was strictly for reading ebooks or at least there weren't many apps available for it that I could find. Mobipocket stopped supporting it and books past a certain point therefore couldn't be read on it but it existed long before the Kindle. Of course it use a different display and was a battery hog (4hrs charge tops) but it was a dedicated ebook reader. (1999-2002)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_eBookMan
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The Sony PRS-500 is the first dedicated reader with eink.
No it wasn't. It was preceded by the Sony Librie, which was only sold in Japan.
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Old 08-01-2011, 04:32 AM   #35
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"Dedicated" does not appear in the title of the thread. The operative term was "e-book reader", which the Palm definitely is.
Well in that case the first computer should be classified as the first ebook reader since one could read ebooks on it.
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Really? The 1st computers had ereading software? Who'd a thunk?

Excellent point about the Franklin!
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Old 08-01-2011, 09:55 AM   #37
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Or the Sony PRS-500, supposedly on sale in America in 2006 (not on my radar either until the PRS-505 in 2008).
Or the Sony Libre which was sold in 2004.
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Old 08-01-2011, 12:08 PM   #38
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Your palm was never a dedicated eBook reader.
mine was it simply had utility apps to make it serve more functions beyond reading. But mine was pretty much used for reading 90% of the time.
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Old 08-01-2011, 01:02 PM   #39
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mine was it simply had utility apps to make it serve more functions beyond reading. But mine was pretty much used for reading 90% of the time.
Just used for reading <> dedicated reader

That's like saying your oven is a dedicated pizza baker, because all you buy are frozen pizzas.
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Old 08-01-2011, 02:50 PM   #40
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AGAIN you are straying away from the original topic. If Joe's Palm is used for reading 90% of the time, then it is a dedicated reader. According to your definition my Cruz Reader cannot be a dedicated reader because it can be used to surf the web. The iPod Touch cannot be a dedicated reader either.

Now, if you want to discount all of that, crich70's statement about the Franklin looks like the winner.
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AGAIN you are straying away from the original topic. If Joe's Palm is used for reading 90% of the time, then it is a dedicated reader. According to your definition my Cruz Reader cannot be a dedicated reader because it can be used to surf the web. The iPod Touch cannot be a dedicated reader either.

Now, if you want to discount all of that, crich70's statement about the Franklin looks like the winner.
I would submit that the Cruz and Touch are, definitely NOT, dedicated readers. The age of dedicated ereaders is dead.
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What about the Sony Librie, sold in 2004???

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

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No no no. People keep forgetting the Sony Librie, that was being sold in 2004!
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The age of dedicated ereaders is dead.
The age of "dedicated" ereaders never really dawned. The first device to convert readers en masse did so partly with basic browsing and email over free 3G as a hook. There are multiples more ereaders out there with additional capabilities than without.
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Really? The 1st computers had ereading software? Who'd a thunk?
Let me rephrase then......the first computer that could display text on a screen. If it could do that, you could read books on it and therefore it should be considered the first ereader if we aren't talking about "dedicated" ereaders.

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