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Originally Posted by Alisa
No. I'm saying the cost to manufacture the device is high and Sony is charging a rock-bottom price. The margin is low and the price for ebook devices in general is still high enough to make it difficult to make that up in volume. I'm concerned it may be hard for them to keep this part of their business going if they do get away from selling content. Of course I doubt the Connect store is making them much money anyway. If this forum is any indication, many PRS owners never buy from them.
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I'm not sure that the 505 is being sold at a rock bottom price. Remember, the Kindle has extra hardware built-in that the 505 does not have and that makes the Kindle more expensive. The Kindle has a keyboard, the LCD thingy (not sure what it is called), and the EVDO hardware. All that is not on the 505. So the 505 should cost less.
What I am hoping in the long run is that the consumer who purchases a reader (no matter the brand) is the winner.