New article on dedicated vs. converged devices.

[amafan]

Not a bad line of thought and certainly seems to describe the Kindle experience.  For the next time your iPad buddies poke fun a your measly Kindle.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/22/entelligence-one-device-to-rule-them-all-or-not/

[UberDave]

This is an excellent article.  Nice to see someone finally get this argument right.

[MAGreen]

The comments cracked me up. It was a good article, it actually takes into account that not everyone wants the same thing. I am tired of reading about the guys who want a device that can do it all...so of course the e-readers will fail because no one could be happy just reading! I think there is a big enough market for e-readers. There have been reading apps before, and ebooks have been around for a long time, but now there are great devices with support and content and they are doing well. That kind of implies that there is a market for such things.

[mooshie78]

Yep, it's just a matter of what one wants.

Dedicated devices will generally do their one task better as they're designed and optimized around that one task.  Multi-function devices offer more convenience for people who need to do multiple things and don't want to lug around a bunch of devices.

I'll eventually get a tablet for sure, as I do want something with a big LDC screen and stylus markup for working with documents for work, checking e-mail, surfing the net on the couch, watching video etc.--stuff I currently do with printouts or my laptop and would prefer to do on a tablet.  So I'm more of a multi function guy.  That said I'll likely keep a Kindle on the night stand for novel reading.

[intinst]

I think that I would like a tablet for multi-tasking, but will continue to carry my Kindle with with me wherever I go. Can't imagine reading on anything else. I have been assimilated, I won't go back!

[mooshie78]

Tablet I'd carry with me, Kindle would stay on the night stand like it does now.  I'd also probably not take the Kindle on trips anymore as I could just read on the tablet during the trip since I'd have it with me for e-mail, internet etc.  I don't mind reading on an iPad--prefer the Kindle, but I could read on LCD during a trip with no problems.

But I'm also not really an avid reader in the sense that I seldom read for more than 30-60 minutes, so that helps.

[amafan]

I don't believe there is any one answer to whcih is best, tablet vs. e-reader.  If you read a lot you'll probably want a device optimized for that task.  If you have a lot of tasks then the tablet will work better for you.  To each there own.  I intend to have both at some point.

[mrkalel]

Lol... I posted this last night...

http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,33364.0.html

Great editorial...and I think Kindle 3rd Gen will really bring a ton of new people into eBook E-Ink readers. It got me

The price and styling will do it.

Now I can wait to see what apps are lined up as well as how good the webKit Browser can become.

[amafan]

I see we hang around the same tech blogs.  It is a good article. 

[mrkalel]

Love the "X days till Shipping day" signature