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Originally Posted by eGeezer
Gotta agree with that one.
"Quality" is overrated to the huddled masses. When furniture went to mass production, the "quality hand-crafters" all but disappeared. People didn't care how much quality the chair had -- only that they could afford two chairs instead of one, and they could sit it them for a couple years.
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I really disagree here.
You really need to look no further than Apple to see that people will pay for quality products (just stay away from the AppleTV!!). And you don't get any more "huddled" than computer geeks!
I think there are people who will pay for quality because they can, and people who don't simply because they can't afford it.
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Sony's quality and features will be worth the money to a few, but lower price and just being able to read books will win out for most. I don't suggest Sony's prices should match or beat Kindle/nook, but the gap should be significantly less to be competitive.
IMHO, of course. Perhaps the famous "street prices" will take care of that.
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Your assumption here is that Sony's product is significantly higher quality than the Kindle (etc.). Or noticeably, anyway! Back in the Kindle 1 days, the difference was pretty obvious in terms of industrial design. But now, Amazon has really worked in improving the design, and have a nice product. I don't see a major quality difference between the products.
So it really does come down to Sony being clueless with the pricing. I just don't envision the market bearing that out, especially when the other two major competitors are cheaper and have larger libraries... and use the same screen!
Had Sony dropped the new Pocket edition at $99, and the touch at $150, that would have been something! But alas...
-Pie