Matt Alexander: "The e-reader becoming a 'fringe device' is precisely the point of yesterday's article. The difference is that I used the word 'doomed' (once in the title, once in the body). Why 'doomed' specifically? Well, when I think of healthy, flourishing products, I tend not to think of once-popular "fringe" devices.</p>

"Moreover, despite the many merits of e-ink in its current form - merits I've <a href="http://www.one37.net/blog/2011/11/18/kindle-touch-review.html">written about at length</a> in the past - the e-ink display is unquestionably life-limited. There is little that can be done to evolve the technology further. Sure, the current form is good for reading (and only for reading) - I do not question that - but it is very clear to me that there's only so much more that can be done before color and video become involved."

"The Nook Color has surprised publishers of women’s magazines like O, The Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health by igniting strong sales that rival — and in some cases surpass — sales on the iPad.<br />
"The success was not so easily predictable for a device that has been on the market only since November and faces stiff competition from Apple, Amazon and the Android-based tablets."<br />
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Not available in the UK, of course.