If You Project It, They Will Come: E-Reader Wars
Projections are soaring for sales in the coveted e-reader market. With a projected $3 million in sales, 30% will come from holiday sales this season. Prices dropped on the famous Kindle reader, but one fact remains: the only person I’ve seen with an e-reader was an old lady on a bus. People in New York are still reading books. Clearly, anecdotal evidence reigns supreme.
As I patiently wait for an e-reader iPhone app, I wonder who is actually buying these things. Sony has a version for $199, Barnes & Noble is following the iTunes business model with their new Nook, and Apple Tablet rumors are finally coming to a head.
Would I skip the e-reader jumble and jump right back into my safe, reliable pool of Apple products? Yes.
If this war is anything like the mp3 player wars of the early 2000’s, Apple is bound to come out with a superior product. The waiting game may help them: Princeton students already lambasted the Kindle, saying it won’t allow for crucial tasks such as underlining, highlighting, and notes in the margin. This isn’t hard to fix. In fact, a patented multi-touch screen like the iPhone could work exceptionally well for the academic end of reading. I may not see many people walking around with an e-reader these days, but somewhere, hidden deep within the university system; it may be the mysterious Apple Tablet FTW.
You heard it here first: pretty girls use e-readers.
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I've just been reading some
I've just been reading some info about the Nook and why it kicks the Kindle's ass. Anyone who's interested can check it out here- http://gizmodo.com/5386176/8-reasons-you-can-finally-love-ebook-readers-thanks-to-nook/gallery/
I'll buy a Kindle
once they work the kinks out of it ... Do they have a reading light?
Me please
Two of my sisters have Kindles and we're probably going to get my mom one for Christmas. The woman won't touch a computer, but she clearly coveted my sisters' Kindles when they showed her the features.
(I'm waiting until they get the color issues out of the way. It's a comic book thing.)
I would love to see a study on the Cost-Benefit analysis of issuing a child an E-Reader in kindergarten and doing away with books and as much paper as possible. My youngest grandson's teacher actually sent a note home explaining that due to budget cuts, the kids wouldn't be doing homework packets. They can't afford the paper. (Thank you Governator.)
E-Readers in schools can cut down not only on the cost of books, but teachers could make homework available for download, too. Kids should still use paper for writing themes, etc, but there is a lot of waste we can get rid of.
Another benefit is reducing the backpack load for kids. In California, kids don't have lockers anymore and in jr and sr high school they have to carry every book to and from school.
They technology exists for kidproof laptops, I'd like to see it transferred to E-Readers.
http://www.gadgets-reviews.com/index.php?page=post&id=186
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Home sets
Our middle schoolers don't have lockers anymore, either. They are issued a set of books that stay at home, and then the teacher has one class set for use at school. It makes a major impact on the amount of contraban on campust.
No lockers??
that's just cruel!