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Old 10-04-2008, 08:59 AM   #212
bill_mchale
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Originally Posted by hidari View Post
I must disagree.

1. Most people buy Kindles and Sony readers to read on E-ink
2. battery life


I think competition will lower the price to some degree. However, I think 300USD is not a bad price if one uses the produce for a long time.

And YES I think apple products are good; however, the brain-washed macheads that think there is only one solution to technology (apple) I tend to disagree with....

hidari
I agree that most people who buy Kindles and Sony readers now buy them to read on E-Ink. However, that doesn't mean that everyone who reads, or more importantly will read ebooks is necessarily going to care about the screen. Yep, E-Ink is cool technology, but I suspect that many prospective e-book readers are going to be willing to take the jump at $300 when they can use a device they already own. I suspect that they will use iPods, iPhones, Android and Windows Mobile Phones to test the waters... and more than a few of them will find that the smaller screen, while perhaps not optimal for reading, makes it easier to have their books with them everywhere... and will never make the jump.

Basic problem is, that for books, $300 is not an impulse purchase.

As for battery life, not really an issue for most people. I grant if you are planning a 3 week trip out of the United States, that an iPod might not be the best solution, but for everyday reading? Lets face it, many of us are already to the point where we plug our phone in when we go to bed at night. An iPod is not any different (and in fact might be the same device these days).

Essentially I am thinking Apple, mainly because they are the market leader with the iPod Touch of a converged device, but I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest to see other small devices start competing as well.

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