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Originally Posted by kaufman
All of you people complaining about the $200 price and predicting doom and gloom for Amazon because "no one will spend that much for a book reader", should probably read up a little on the history of the Kindle.
The first model was $400, and Amazon sold so many of them that it was backordered for about 6 months because they couldn't make them fast enough to keep up with demand.
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Surely you must realize that the price of new technology seven years ago is meaningless in establishing the value of the current generation of the technology.
I'm not one of those predicting doom and gloom, but the $400 Kindle is absolutely irrelevant to the issue.
If you disagree, I'd be happy to sell you my VCR or Bluray player at half of what they cost when they first came out...what a bargain!
ApK