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Article: E-readers seen as holiday hit, presage tablet PCs.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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SAN FRANCISCO: Electronic readers could be the hottest gift this holiday season as a new crop of portable media devices begins to join iPods and other music players as must have tech accessories.
The number of readers bought will be closely watched by industry analysts in advance of the expected emergence of multimedia tablet PCs, which Apple and others are thought to be working on and which could alter the competitive landscape.
Falling prices and an ever-growing library of digital books are driving demand for e-readers like Amazon.com s Kindle and Sony Corp s Reader.
The light, thin devices now mainly appeal to book lovers, but many see them ...