"Tablets, e-book readers close book on ink-and-paper era"

**ghosthunter** · December 15th, 2011 09:46 AM

[SIZE=3]Tablets, e-book readers close book on ink-and-paper era[/SIZE]
GLENN CHAPMAN, AFP December 9, 2011 2:48pm

SAN FRANCISCO - Tablet computers and electronic readers promise to eventually close the book on the ink-and-paper era as they transform the way people browse magazines, check news or lose themselves in novels.

"It is only a matter of time before we stop killing trees and all publications become digital," Creative Strategies president and principal analyst Tim Bajarin told AFP.

Online retail giant Amazon made electronic readers mainstream with Kindle devices and Apple ignited insatiable demand for tablets ideal for devouring online content ranging from films to magazines and books....

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**Retz** · December 22nd, 2011 03:54 PM

Tablet PC is the future of mobile computing.

**ghosthunter** · December 22nd, 2011 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by Retz

Tablet PC is the future of mobile computing.

I seriously doubt it. Have you seriously tried typing a lengthy business letter or an article to be published on a tablet? Although tablets will have a niche, notebook PCs will still be the future of mobile computing (and even home computing as well with more people using notebooks to replace desktop PCs).

**umi001** · December 22nd, 2011 05:33 PM

E-readers are fantastically convenient devices - I carry hundreds of books in mine. While a lot of people while say that tablets can serve the same function, and offer more besides, the sunlight legibility and battery life (measured in weeks, not hours) offered by my Sony e-reader are capabilities not matched by any tablet. If you're not reading picture-heavy or layout dependent books, e-readers make so much more sense than a normal book.

**ghosthunter** · December 22nd, 2011 05:41 PM

Originally Posted by umi001

E-readers are fantastically convenient devices - I carry hundreds of books in mine. While a lot of people while say that tablets can serve the same function, and offer more besides, the sunlight legibility and battery life (measured in weeks, not hours) offered by my Sony e-reader are capabilities not matched by any tablet. If you're not reading picture-heavy or layout dependent books, e-readers make so much more sense than a normal book.

I also carry lots of magazines in my ultrabook (and formerly, in my netbooks).

Although limited to hours of battery life, a lightweight notebook PC is still a great way to have mobile computing flexibility.

**marg** · December 23rd, 2011 12:43 AM

Whenever Im on a quick out of town trip, I just bring my iPAD. Its good enough for Reading Email and Internet purposes.

These days, laptop stays home more often.

**CVT** · December 23rd, 2011 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by umi001

E-readers are fantastically convenient devices - I carry hundreds of books in mine. While a lot of people while say that tablets can serve the same function, and offer more besides, the sunlight legibility and battery life (measured in weeks, not hours) offered by my Sony e-reader are capabilities not matched by any tablet. If you're not reading picture-heavy or layout dependent books, e-readers make so much more sense than a normal book.

Digital gluttony of the third kind....

First was music,- then movies, and then books.... Guilty your Honor....

14.5K:higop:

**vinj** · December 23rd, 2011 09:45 AM

Originally Posted by marg

Whenever Im on a quick out of town trip, I just bring my iPAD. Its good enough for Reading Email and Internet purposes.

These days, laptop stays home more often.

Same here. We only bring the laptop when we have real, serious key crunching work to do... or if the kids don't want to surrender the Ipad to us.

**Monseratto** · December 23rd, 2011 11:03 AM

A laptop can't beat a desktop in terms of versatility, a laptop can't beat a tablet in terms of mobility. Streaming and now the cloud makes the tablet more desirable...