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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible
You've hit the critical point just right Bob. "When the average Joe might be interested"
With all the people I've met with my Sony in hand, I haven't found many who'd be willing to use a computer to get to a reader.
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With modem hardware being so cheap, I'm surprised it wasn't a part of the reference design. This would be an inexpensive way to have broader mass-market appeal. Grandma could plug in the phone line, browse the online store using the GUI, make a purchase and unplug the phone. The same thing Amazon seems to be doing, but without using the seemingly more expensive mobile telephone infrastructure.
Just adds $5 dollars to the hardware. Maintaining the online store is a little work and there is a little cost for having a toll-free dialup.
There's still a generation or two out there who just can't/won't work with computers.
If any device had such ease of purchase functionality, I'd easily buy one for my father and grandmother.