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Originally Posted by Quexos
Whether the specs are not the best is irrelevant, the point remains that there is a reader out there that perfectible as it may be, is nonetheless with a color screen and Sony is behind with a brand new model almost a full year after that other model and still without a color screen.
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While that screen is very nice (as much for the 206dpi as for the colour), there is no way in hell that it's going to sell at $500. For that much money people are simply going to buy an iPad. If Sony went down that route they'd be guaranteeing their failure.
Sony were obliged to compete on price and produce an ereader that will target the current explosion in the size of the market as a whole if they wanted to stay in it. If this means that they offer little to those who already have last year's model, then so be it. At least this means they'll still be around to produce better ereaders in the years to come.