Tablet Takeover Suggests Ereader's Demise

Would you rather have a ipad2 or a Kindle? Well, if you chose an ipad2, then you are not alone. It turns out that most people are moving towards a type of tablet device. In fact, there are reports that by the end of 2012, the number of people owning tablets will overtake the number of those owning ereaders. At any rate, I absolutely love my tablet – Well, I should say that my four year old son loves it even more. Here is the latest report from the Huffington Post on this topic.


The ereader's days are numbered.

Though 6 million ereaders were sold in 2010, experts predict it is all downhill from here for these devices, which will be edged out by the growing number of increasingly affordable tablets on the market.

By 2015, twice as many people will own tablets as do ereaders. By the end of 2012, the number of people owning tablets will overtake the number of those owning ereaders, according to research by Forrester, a tech research company.

As the demise of the Flip camera suggests, consumers are increasingly trading single-purpose devices for multifunction gadgets. Especially as the price of tablet computers continues to fall, experts predict users will drop ereaders for tablet PCs that offer web-browsing and video capabilities alongside ebooks. Even Amazon, which helped make ereaders and ebooks mainstream, appears to recognize the ereader’s impending demise and is rumored to be developing its own tablet device. The Barnes and Noble Nook Color has already been modified to run Android’s Froyo software, taking it into tablet territory.