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<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to two students discussing the article.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh, no. Did you see this?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah. Why? You don't like the idea?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Not at all.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> How come?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, the cost, for one thing.
They're just not being realistic.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Even compared to the price of textbooks?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, sure, textbooks aren't cheap
but...do you think people are only gonna use one device the whole time they're at university?
What happens if yours breaks?
You have to buy a new one...
or they come out with some fancy new features...
wouldn't you want to get a new one then?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, I see what you mean.
A lot of people would probably want to replace theirs with the latest version.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Right. Maybe even every year...and that can add up.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> True. But, don't you agree it'll make studying and preparing for classes a lot easier?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> I don't think everybody's gonna think it's so great.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> What do you mean?
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Well, it's only helpful if it's easy to use and well, this thing is pretty small.
It's only about 18 or 20 centimeters tall.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Oh really. So that means the screen's pretty small.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Right...and I heard that the keypad...or control buttons, they're small too.
So if you have normal-sized fingers, it's not so easy to select an item or get it to function right...
you know, to do stuff like highlighting or underlining.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> I hadn't thought of that.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So what good are all those fancy features if it's hard to use them.
Besides, I like the old-fashioned way of studying the material¡ªwriting notes on the page and underlining or highlighting important sections of the book¡ª
I'm more comfortable with that.