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Originally Posted by physdude
Hi to all of you. I got a Sony PRS 500 a few months ago and just ordered one more yesterday for $75 from the Sony reverse auction (on Sony rewards - 3rd wednesday of each month). I don't need one more but at that price it was too good a deal to pass up  . I am surprised that it was the only item where a large number remained unsold even at the lowest price (less than half of what I paid for my first one  ). However, the relative unpopularity doesn't sound that good for the future prospects of e-readers  .
Maybe we should give it as a gift to all our friends and families - at that price, it seems to make a superb gift and we can do our part to encourage reading as wel. |
Could it be that not many people are interested in the -500 because the -505 is now out?
I wouldn't consider failure to sell a back-level device as indicative of the prospects of e-readers in general. That's like saying that because no one is buying a PC with an Intel 386 processor, there's no future for personal computers.