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Old 10-09-2007, 12:49 PM   #3
delphidb96
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Location: Citrus Heights, California
Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Device = $350
USB cable = $10 (at most)
Charger = $30 (based on Sony's price for the 505 AC adapter)
Leather case = $40 (based on what Sony is charging for the 505 leather case)
2GB SD card = $18 (based on what I paid for mine)

So yes, $450 is a reasonable price for the "deluxe edition" based on $350 for the device.
Jon,

The Cybook uses an AC to USB power adapter. The US model has fold-out/fold-flat prongs and fits quite comfortably in the palm of my hand. I've found a half-dozen of them on eBay for around $8 including shipping. And the USB-to-mini-USB cable costs much less than $10 in all but the most ridiculously overpriced electronics store - Radio Shack comes to mind.

And Sony tosses the much heavier and more complex charger in with the PRS-500. (Although I admit that the 505, with it's charge-from-the-computer USB capability eliminates that need.) I've attached images of the AC adapter.
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