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vgiridar · 08-09-2010, 05:54 PM

Welcome to Plus.

How does this stack up against Nook and K3. My guess is as follows

The biggest plus for K3 is the new screen that is expected to be marginally or vastly better based on who you are and what you would be using it with. K3 also claims to process PDF way better than K2 (PDF reviews were generally very negative for K2). Now add case (a definite need) and that takes cost of wi-fi to about $170 or so.

Nook at $149 also is WIP as far as firmware goes. The + point for Nook is lack of keyboard so you can do a lot without keyboard but with some battery drain.

Browsers in both devices could be useful to a certain degree. But both have the potential for target advertising based on knowledge of your preferences.

Sony Touch has been offering free case at $189-$199. As cases are very good this could be attractive buy except for the comment that sony touchscreen tends to make the screen a little less of a pleasurable read. No browser and expensive bookstore

The biggest difference between Amazon and others is that Amazon was ready with content before device. Kindle was just offered as an attractive product for regular Amazon shoppers. For all others - even B&N - it is other way - trying to create and provide content for device owners thereby unable to meet amazon's range or offerings. Most of the kindle owners demand are more than adequately met by Amazon because they buy Kindle to access Amazon content. Seriously it is a losing game to compete with Amazon. With their content and loyal customer base, they can recover all losses - if any - from cheaper K3. and Just take them out of all equations.

I believe comparison would show that Plus is probably overpriced by about $25 or so. Can plus being open and generally good battery life and range of formats supported make up that gap. I do believe Nook and Sony are not in long-term (B&N is on sale and how much money they would continue to lose on nook)

In case Astak can continue to provide good models and reliable service, there would be a market for them.

Also looks like Pocket Pro would be replaced by Plus. All this time Astak was not just getting rid of older 6" but also PP so they will push only Plus. In a way it is good. I don't think the current market any vendor shiould try to to have too many offerings - have just one and perfect it for both sale, stock, service and updates.

Best wishes

08-09-2010, 05:54 PM	#11
vgiridar Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: EZReader	Plus vs Giants Welcome to Plus. How does this stack up against Nook and K3. My guess is as follows The biggest plus for K3 is the new screen that is expected to be marginally or vastly better based on who you are and what you would be using it with. K3 also claims to process PDF way better than K2 (PDF reviews were generally very negative for K2). Now add case (a definite need) and that takes cost of wi-fi to about $170 or so. Nook at $149 also is WIP as far as firmware goes. The + point for Nook is lack of keyboard so you can do a lot without keyboard but with some battery drain. Browsers in both devices could be useful to a certain degree. But both have the potential for target advertising based on knowledge of your preferences. Sony Touch has been offering free case at $189-$199. As cases are very good this could be attractive buy except for the comment that sony touchscreen tends to make the screen a little less of a pleasurable read. No browser and expensive bookstore The biggest difference between Amazon and others is that Amazon was ready with content before device. Kindle was just offered as an attractive product for regular Amazon shoppers. For all others - even B&N - it is other way - trying to create and provide content for device owners thereby unable to meet amazon's range or offerings. Most of the kindle owners demand are more than adequately met by Amazon because they buy Kindle to access Amazon content. Seriously it is a losing game to compete with Amazon. With their content and loyal customer base, they can recover all losses - if any - from cheaper K3. and Just take them out of all equations. I believe comparison would show that Plus is probably overpriced by about $25 or so. Can plus being open and generally good battery life and range of formats supported make up that gap. I do believe Nook and Sony are not in long-term (B&N is on sale and how much money they would continue to lose on nook) In case Astak can continue to provide good models and reliable service, there would be a market for them. Also looks like Pocket Pro would be replaced by Plus. All this time Astak was not just getting rid of older 6" but also PP so they will push only Plus. In a way it is good. I don't think the current market any vendor shiould try to to have too many offerings - have just one and perfect it for both sale, stock, service and updates. Best wishes