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Old 05-07-2008, 01:19 PM   #36
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Yeah, Engadget has the price at $770 USD as well. I don't get it?

http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/07/i...e-book-reader/

As nice as the iLiad was/is, it's always been the priciest e-reading device available. While the option to make notes is the best feature I see, maybe they could tweek some other features (smaller screen? no wireless?) and offer a few different versions to get the price down.

Everyone else seems to be congregating in the sub $400 dollar market with Sony being the cheapest at $299.99 (eBookWise is the cheapest but it doesn't look like they care to market or do a product redesign to compete). There are the CyBook and jetBook in the $350 range with Amazon just below $400.

Not sure what their strategy is. Yes, they do have compelling features (bigger screen, Wacom digitizer) but that is a pretty hefty sum to pay over the competition.
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