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Originally Posted by bookwurm70
I was wondering why it was so cheap in the U.S.
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Competitive pricing:
The NookColor runs $250 with capacitance touchscreen and a slightly higher-res screen. And it is readily available (and promoted) at a few thousand physical retail locations.
The Archos ups the ante with hardware media acceleration and it is fully unlocked *plus* it has a working Market Hack.
The IQ has neither so it needs to be lower-priced to be noticed and considered.
The disconnect is that $30 Bookland credit isn't going to be of much competitive advantage when the product is selling as a generic android tablet more than a true PB reader. The HQ guys don't seem aware of why the IQ product is selling and that does not bode well.