Telecoms & Media analysts that said as much. Sales of 'smartbooks' (a loosely defined term) are expected to grow from 3.65 million in 2010 to nearly 50 million in 2014, or over 50% of all embedded device sales. The losers will be dedicated e-readers, such as the Amazon Kindle or Sony Reader, and the winners, multifunctional portable devices like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. The reasoning - and it's convincing - is that e-book content is now available on most multifunctional devices like mobiles and tablets, and work well enough as book readers, while having other functions.

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Authors: Steve O'Hear

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