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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
No, no. Pricing pressure is always a good sign. Even if Sony is struggling, the lowering price could/should put pressure on the other manufacturers.
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I don't think that's necessarily true. Amazon and Bookeen are selling every unit they can get their hands on - there's no pressure to lower prices in that environment. My concern with Sony is that they are perceived by many to be rather "falling behind the curve" in the features they offer; eg, they are the only major reader not to offer dictionary support, and that's very important if they want to compete in the educational market sector. Perhaps Sony feel that they need to compete on price grounds simply because they
can't compete on features?