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Originally Posted by G0AT
Its doubtful, that this will force a drastic price drop. The advertised prices of $79 and $99 for the non-touch and touch Kindles, respectively, include "special offers", so the devices are essentially ad-supported. The non Special Offer devices are about $30 more.
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I actually didn't see any mention of non-special offer offerings for the new device, which was interesting to see, but truthfully, as long as it's not being displayed with the book, or on the cover when the device is shut down, I really don't see what the big deal is for people when it can knock the price down to sub $100 figures.
UPDATE - Sorry, when you go to the individual product purchase page, there is an option to purchase with or without special offers; special offers add $40 to the price of each of the touches, and $30 to the regular kindle. this wasn't mentioned in the product overview/compare pages.
The interesting thing will be to see peoples' reaction to the Kindle touche's lack of physical button, considering this always seemed to be a huge plus for people arguing for the kindle. While the lowest price point kindle is a button only device, it lacks text to speach/audio capabilities the others have.
Personally I think they all seem to be some great devices with some great features. Kobo really does need to get their butts into gear because I really can see the new Kindle offerings hurting them in the long run.