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kane · 03-28-2010, 03:55 AM

It looks cool, but I won't be getting one. It won't make books obsolete either. Maybe 10 years from now, but not now.

The reason is simple. The cost of the technology makes it not readily available for everyone. Most people are not going to drop $500 so they can read books when the can go by the the book for a few dollars or check the book out from the library for free. As the technology gets cheaper then I can see it really making a move on books.

Think about the cell phone. In 1989-1990 I worked at Radio Shack. We had three different cell phones that we sold and the cheapest one was $999 and they went up to around $1600. The plans were expensive too. It cost about $50 a month plus 40 cents a minute to use it. So clearly, only those that either had money or really needed one would get a cell phone.

15 years later they are giving the phones away and you can get cheap plans that have tons of free minutes and now everyone has one. So I don't think the iPad or the Kindle or the Nook or any of these things will kill books until you can buy one of them for $50 and get cheap/free access to get to the content.

03-28-2010, 03:55 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	It looks cool, but I won't be getting one. It won't make books obsolete either. Maybe 10 years from now, but not now. The reason is simple. The cost of the technology makes it not readily available for everyone. Most people are not going to drop $500 so they can read books when the can go by the the book for a few dollars or check the book out from the library for free. As the technology gets cheaper then I can see it really making a move on books. Think about the cell phone. In 1989-1990 I worked at Radio Shack. We had three different cell phones that we sold and the cheapest one was $999 and they went up to around $1600. The plans were expensive too. It cost about $50 a month plus 40 cents a minute to use it. So clearly, only those that either had money or really needed one would get a cell phone. 15 years later they are giving the phones away and you can get cheap plans that have tons of free minutes and now everyone has one. So I don't think the iPad or the Kindle or the Nook or any of these things will kill books until you can buy one of them for $50 and get cheap/free access to get to the content.