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Originally Posted by Chuckwade87
Well it seems that the Astak Mentor project is on the back-burner or the moment, which is probably for the best, after all what kind of product could any company come up with in only 6 months of developing and what not. So I kind of disappointed, But I still have questions about the future products that Astak plans on selling in early "09".
Robertb stated earlier that they were still going to come out with EZ Reader Plus (WiFi in March), and EZ Reader Pro (Touchscreen and Note Taking in March). So what are the plans for prices for these wonderful machines? I cant say that I was very happy with the around 300 price tag for the Ez reader being released in November. So plz Robertb/Astak can you give us at least some competitive prices for the next models?
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Dear Chuckwade87:
Thank you for your comments.
Let me correct by again saying that the Mentor project is NOT on the back burner at all. The Mentor will ne made in our factory, Netronix. Netronix in the past has NOT seemed well organized to build units for the American market. They came to that conclusion also and hired the right engineers and a lady named Catherine to whip everything into shape fast. As such, Netronix is back-on-track and doing some very impressive things now.
Astak has a 54 foot long booth at CES (Consumer Electronics Show booth 73206) in Las Vegas (January 8-11). Netronix will be at our booth showing off their new products and gaining feedback specifically for the American Market. We like what we are seeing so far and we want to see some solid performance and innovation. Netronix is responding with a Touchscreen Model with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, the Epson Controller, and Note-Taking.
The EZ Reader line is also coming out with new features such as Wi-Fi and Touchscreen with note-taking. The EZ Reader is built by Jinke of China. We are a distributor. As such, we do have input on what we want to see from them for the American Market... but price is set by their cost to us. Our margin on this is thin. SO... how do I sell at a loss to reduce your cost?
Netronix will be less expensive to us and thus less expensive to you. It sure will not be $200, however. The EZ Reader Plus and EZ Reader Pro will cost more than the EZ Reader. You cannot add features and reduce cost. Every effort in being made to keep the additional costs on those models DOWN.
I hear you and we are trying.
RobertB