07-22-2010, 10:38 AM | #1 | |
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Audiovox just killed the RCA Lexi!
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07-22-2010, 10:41 AM | #2 |
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The race to the bottom claims another casualty.
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07-22-2010, 10:49 AM | #3 |
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07-22-2010, 11:06 AM | #4 | |
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Which isn't to say that there is no large market outside the US-- just that it is nothing even remotely close to 19x the potential size of the US market. |
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07-22-2010, 11:18 AM | #5 |
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Well you bring up an interesting point. Where is the current market right now? Who is absolutely killing in the eBook market outside the US, in that 95%?
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07-22-2010, 11:35 AM | #6 | |
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Most likely Sony is the leading company in Europe. |
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07-22-2010, 12:20 PM | #7 | |
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http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100720VL200.html Still think the NorthAm market doesn't matter? Edit: With the China market running 21.4% that leaves the rest of the world with 20%. In other words, the NorthAmerican market is 3 times the size of all the non-chinese markets combined. Yeah, it's "only" the US. Last edited by fjtorres; 07-22-2010 at 12:30 PM. |
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07-23-2010, 01:15 AM | #8 | |
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Anybody who already has a Kindle or a Nook won't buy an RCA eReader. They are off the list of potential customers as they are likely to only replace the device with an newer version of the same brand. Especially with DRM in the equation. Martin PS: mind you: the device is damm ugly, to much bezel, to plasticy. I can't see them compete with the Sony as well. |
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Have to admit that I've never heard of this device.
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07-23-2010, 08:56 AM | #10 |
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07-23-2010, 05:10 PM | #12 |
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Here in Finland it's almost impossible to find any kind of reader on sale. It certainly is possible to order some products abroad, but that requires knowledge on customer's part. No manufacturer has tried to actually sell their devices here. There has been no adverts and practically no mentions of ereaders in mainstream media, so practically every reader sold on Finland is bought by someone who found out about readers from internet and ordered device from abroad. Thus only people here who have bought reader this far are few gadget nerds, who are also keen readers. Whole rest market if fully intact. So when comparing the ease of buying and amount of marketing done, it's no wonder that sales figures in US dwarf those of Finland (Even after accounting ~60x difference in market sizes) (Sorry, this was probably bit rantish. I'm still trying to find myself a decent reader, task not made any easier by lack of offerings here ) |
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Just get it from overseas. Once the momentum gathers business will take note and start selling devices locally. A business idea for you perhaps? |
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