Comments on: Kindles, iPads, and cell phones (oh my!) http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536 The website of David Forbes, writer of weird novels Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: iPad is shipping. Civilization about to change. « The Magic Echo Chamber http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536/comment-page-1#comment-786 iPad is shipping. Civilization about to change. « The Magic Echo Chamber Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:40:59 +0000 http://www.davidforbes.net/?p=536#comment-786 [...] the iPad is a multi-purpose device, which I’ve already argued is going to either kill the Kindle and Nook and their ereader brethren or force them to (a) reduce [...] [...] the iPad is a multi-purpose device, which I’ve already argued is going to either kill the Kindle and Nook and their ereader brethren or force them to (a) reduce [...]

]]> By: David Forbes http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536/comment-page-1#comment-351 David Forbes Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:51:44 +0000 http://www.davidforbes.net/?p=536#comment-351 Hi Cindy. I think that's inevitable at this point, and will probably happen much faster than Amazon and Barnes & Noble and Sony would otherwise have preferred. The value of the single-function readers just won't be able to compare to a multi-function device, even if the eReaders are better in some ways. Hi Cindy. I think that’s inevitable at this point, and will probably happen much faster than Amazon and Barnes & Noble and Sony would otherwise have preferred. The value of the single-function readers just won’t be able to compare to a multi-function device, even if the eReaders are better in some ways.

]]> By: Cindy http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536/comment-page-1#comment-348 Cindy Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:22:47 +0000 http://www.davidforbes.net/?p=536#comment-348 Great post and how true! The iPad has set the bar high and you are probably right that consumers will come to expect more and more from the readers. I for one, at this point, only wish someone would make a reader that offers the same features as the Kindle and Sony Readers for a much lower price-so many folks simply cannot afford them right now at the prices asked. Great post and how true! The iPad has set the bar high and you are probably right that consumers will come to expect more and more from the readers. I for one, at this point, only wish someone would make a reader that offers the same features as the Kindle and Sony Readers for a much lower price-so many folks simply cannot afford them right now at the prices asked.

]]> By: David Forbes http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536/comment-page-1#comment-347 David Forbes Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:52:56 +0000 http://www.davidforbes.net/?p=536#comment-347 That's a great point about GPS products! I hadn't thought of that, but it does fit right in with my premise. And yes, the iPad name is rather unfortunate. That’s a great point about GPS products! I hadn’t thought of that, but it does fit right in with my premise.

And yes, the iPad name is rather unfortunate.

]]> By: Lori http://www.davidforbes.net/archives/536/comment-page-1#comment-346 Lori Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:40:27 +0000 http://www.davidforbes.net/?p=536#comment-346 Apple set the bar high with the iphone. People have come to expect MORE out of each device they buy. The ipad (while i hate the name) builds on that premise. Another product study: Garmin or other GPS devices. At the end of 2009 I read an article about what NOT to buy...and these solely GPS devices were on the list. The argument against buying one: Why buy a single function device when you can get the same turn-by-turn navigation on your cell phone? Apple set the bar high with the iphone. People have come to expect MORE out of each device they buy. The ipad (while i hate the name) builds on that premise. Another product study: Garmin or other GPS devices. At the end of 2009 I read an article about what NOT to buy…and these solely GPS devices were on the list. The argument against buying one: Why buy a single function device when you can get the same turn-by-turn navigation on your cell phone?

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