Thread: Borders killing Kobo
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Old 08-24-2010, 10:17 AM   #34
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by namebrandon View Post
The Kobo unfortunately is (IMO) outdated and overpriced compared to the Kindle 3, but the Borders eReader guy was happy to show it to me and give me a gentle sales pitch. Not super excited about the Kobo itself, but the service at Borders (at least at the Chicago store) was pretty good.
I am not sure I would go so far as to say that the Kobo is outdated. But I do agree that with even the Sony 300 often going for sale at $100, that the basic readers like the Kobo and the PRS-300 need to be at about $100 or less to be competitive with the Nook Wifi and Kindle 3.

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