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   In article <9padnVZIYeBu8-DQnZ2dnUVZ_ridnZ2d@giganews.com>, Ubiquitous   
    wrote:   
      
   > tsbrueni@pop.dcn.davis.ca.us wrote:   
   > >Your Name wrote:   
   >   
   > >> It has been in development for a while, but with the popularity of the   
   iPod   
   > >> and especially the iPod Touch / iPhone, the time is right for the "iBook"   
   /   
   > >> "iTablet". The (rumoured) plan is that it will be to ebooks what the iPod   
   > >> has been to music and the iPhone to the mobile phone. The "experts" are   
   all   
   > >> pointing to a release early next year.  :-)   
   > >   
   > >The trees will jump up and down for joy!  No more paper!   
   >   
   > Much like the paperless office, the demise of DTB's will be greatly   
   > exagerated.   
      
   Yes and no.   
      
   The current generation who are buying (or being bought) iPods and iPads   
   are quickly getting used to downloading music, movies, TV shows and books,   
   so for them and future generations real books, CDs, etc. will become less   
   important. As the older generations die off, the real world books, DVDs,   
   etc. will largely fade away (you can of course still buy vinyl LP records   
   with some bands still making new ones). It's also thanks to "Generation   
   Me" who are simply too impatient, too greedy and too lazy to actually go   
   down to a shop to buy something.   
      
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