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Originally Posted by sabredog
As I mentioned in another thread regarding the Kobo's price, the Kobo is very popular here in Australia as it is;
1. Locally available and supported.
2. The only other accessible competitor is the Kindle 2 which works out to be more expensive and is store locked to Amazon which is highly geo restrictive.
3. Comparatively priced competitors such as the Nook and the Sony range are far harder to buy locally and for the majority of ereader users simply too difficult to purchase.
While the Kobo is so popular here in Australia with demand still exceeding supply, the price will not come down from the AU$199 RRP. However with Sony re-entering the domestic market in August, the price may come down depending on what Sony set for the sale of the PRC-300/PRC-600 ereaders.
Wait and see time now!
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Ahhh, Australia. My beloved sunburnt country, where options suck and make you want to visit America, if only for the shopping.
As a lefty, the Kobo quickly became unappealing. Price and ease of availability or not. I genuinely think it's a problem to have the controls on one side and one side only, especially when it's the page turn controls. And a lot of e-book readers do this. That being said. I'm glad Kobo is here, mostly, because people will get SOME idea about what an ereader is. Kindles aside.