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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
Yes, google "ereader", and you get a million results. But you have to know that you want one first, and that they are there.
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Yes. How does that happen?
Consider the number of readers of MobileRead who got here because they heard about ebooks and devces to read them, and wanted to learn more.
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When I get the urge to spend, usually around my birthday, I might wander in an electronics store, and see what they have. At the beginning of september I walked in such a store, and saw ereaders. I had seen an ereader in a shop almost two years before (one model, looking cheap, too expensive, meant for unfamiliar formats) which didn't make a good impression. Now back to the present of two months ago, I was presented with options, and left to wonder if I actually need wifi and touchscreen. With no staff members in sight, after looking at them for a good half hour and still not knowing what to buy, just knowing that I wanted one, I went home to get the expert opinion of the internet.
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You aren't the only one like that. Retail, especially in consumer electronics, is brutally competitive. Many retailers run thinly staffed in consequence. There have been occasions when I've been tempted to appear to be walking out with merchandise I didn't pay for, simply to get someone's attention.
I do
not assume I will find a sales staffer to ask questions of, or that one I do find will know the answers.
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I'm an impulse buyer. Faced with the option of E-Ink vs LCD, I would have went with LCD, simply because I knew about LCD, and didn't know about E-ink.
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I'm a modified impulse buyer. My selection of an instance of a class may be impulse, but I'll probably know something about the class.
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Pocketbook's new models include the 602 (6", wifi, Linux E-ink), the 603 (602 + wacom + 3G) and the IQ (7", wifi, Android TFT).
Considering the fact that that in Europe they sell for 199, 269 and 169 Euros, and the fact that you can get android apps for the IQ (cheapest of the three), yes, that is the case that I am making.
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A demo model doesn't take up that much shelf space, so I don't see eInk devices being unfindable in stores.
But the larger issue may be whether multi-function devices that display ebooks among other things will take over the ebook viewer market from dedicated devices. eInk vs LCD will be only one factor in that equation.
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Dennis