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Originally Posted by mod186k1
Yeah, iRex went bankrupt for a very particular story. I hope Ectato will be more wise  |
Unlike iRex, Ectaco has different revenue from other devices,like translation devices. Also unlike iRex, Ectaco has a govt contract with russian schools,so they are almost 'guaranteed' to get pay.
Also Ectaco has a good 5 totally different e-reader devices out there; so chances of ectaco going bankrupt is way smaller!
And they have to live upto our expectations, because they have not only us (the regular customer) to think of, but also the schools,which have many devices!
You don't get my guarantee of them surviving, but they survived the first ebook reader generation, where many failed (where today only a few companies still make those 5-6" ebook readers).
I think they saw the potential of Plastic Logics, something that's been hovering in the air for over 4 years, and finally made something of it, stuck with it, and gotten the hardware,and somewhat of the software ready.
If you compare companies, then compare Microsoft!
Usually their beginning products totally suck, and are full of bugs, and by the end of their lifetime, they actually do work good! (think Win Vista, turning into 7; and 2000/me turning into WinXP, which still a lot of users and businesses are using today).
I'm not expecting the Jetbook Color to be the perfect device for everyone.
I just think we'll see a very good device out there, with lots of options!
Something similar is very hard to find in other brands today.
I also expect Ectaco not to sit still, and continue to develop! Perhaps there will be a Jetbook Color Light in the future, which may be more aimed towards other fields (better color display, less school software, but better book software)...
Such a device would most likely also cost less.
It's almost a guarantee you'll be finding similar readers like the Jetbook Color,for less than $300 a few years from now!
A few years go by really fast! Netbooks where unheard of 5 years ago, and todays netbook is more than 4 times better than the first generation netbooks!