01-27-2011, 01:19 PM | #106 |
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And there are a lot of companies that'd kill for a "niche" product that sold over 7 million units in the last quarter alone... poor little Apple and their "niche"
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I don't believe in future 'cheap-eread only devices' remaining a niche product either
they 'll end up finally as schoolbook replacements. just as mid-class calculators i.e these ones which can do a slight bit more than basic functions and offer real fraction operations, etc but yet no graphs. how many people used them at school and needed them never again? the same with future basic ereaders: when having the choice to buy such one for 100 or 50 bucks and load it with n PD books your kid 'll have as arecommended for the next year school reading, as opposed to buy said old stuff in paper (king lear for the english classes?) peopl 'll head for the cheap readers as they 'll pay back relatively quick. Last edited by Freeshadow; 01-27-2011 at 02:09 PM. Reason: words swallowed *blush* |
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The premise of your post is completely false. E-book sales tripled in 2010 and now account for 9% of the market. You, personally, may not like the prices, but ebooks are selling well, and the price does not appear to be much of a deterrent.
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ANd I always liked "Six computers will be more than enough for the world" as well... ain't futurology wonderful... rather like the immense value of astrology...
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01-27-2011, 03:20 PM | #111 |
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These type of articles are good to start debate and discussion, but the conclusions are pretty much irrelevant (as there are so many good points being raised here, beyond the scope of the article).
My opinion is that ebook readers market is just getting warmed up. I do think the LCD based ereaders have a bigger buzz (Nook Color/iPad to some extent) because it is in color and people like color. But if you only want to read a novel, it is much better to stick with eInk/epaper tech. We all know color eink will be coming out soon and hopefully, be on par with color/contrast/refresh of LCD in a few years. And I do agree that 3DTVs is a fad. It is another way for TV manufacturers to charge more money for pretty much the same tech. But I can't get too mad at it since it forced the non-3D HDTVs to drop. |
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I think what's turning a lot of people off is the content. Movies right now are mostly using 3D as a cheap gimmick. But c'mon....Don't you want to see Shark Week in 3D? Hell, I think it'd be great to watch an episode of "The Universe" in 3D. |
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CNET has also claimed that facebook would be shut down a few years ago, that the Beatles would never come to itunes, they claimed strict DRM would take over ALL digital media by 2010, they said plasma would be the largest TV type by 2010, they said HD-DVD would kill bluray quickly... and so on down the line... this is part f the reason I ignore "news" by CNET anymore.
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Being able to predict the future is a requirement for a news source?
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But notebooks and netbooks already have portability covered. In terms of sheer size, the iPad doesn't save you any size compared to a netbook. Unless you're talking about one of the smaller tablets (NC, Dell Streak, Galaxy Tab).
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