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Why Apple's iTouch Tablet Will Become Its Flagship Product

I think you are correct.

Liveblogging Amazon's Kindle DX Reveal

It's not going to make textbooks cheaper since only a little bit of the cost of a textbook is paper. This might save the newpapers eventually but probably not before many of the existing papers go bankrupt. A much better screen on kindle is needed before newspapers (or rather, subscription web site hybrids) can be saved. Ultimately, devices like this is inevitably replace paper for many purposes.