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Acer decides to hold back on e-book reader

article published on 23 February, 2010

Acer has decided to halt its efforts to develop and market an e-book reader to compete with Amazon's Kindle, Sony Readers and now, Apple's iPad. The company only revealed last month that it was working on an e-book reader with the intention to launch in mid-year, but has had a change of heart and now would prefer to sit back and watch how the market develops first, Acer chairman Wang Jeng-tang said. ... [ read the full article ]

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bmlshane
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_ 		25. February 2010 @ 06:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This looks like it will develop like most innovative technology, expensive at first, a niche market, slowly developing, then when it develops enough, demand increases, improvements in design and manufacture bring the price down, becomes a "must Have", then eventually becomes commonplace. Presently, these readers will hold the equivalent of many books, will reduce the need for home libraries,newspapers, and printed matter will become less. It will be like mobile phones, (cell phones).Very commonplace.
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Tarsellis
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_ 		25. February 2010 @ 13:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Good! Acer has, by far, the WORST support I've EVER experienced. Even going out of their way to make sure to reply with form letters and remove drivers and manuals.

As for dedicated e-book readers, I still haven't seen one I would spend a nickel or, or even use if given for free.
Until they include automatic wireless updating (i.e. subscription to pop. sci. or news paper), and a physically flexible medium, and proof that they can't reach in and remove your data, I'm just not interested.
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