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Originally Posted by TaKir
As a matter of fact, I doubt, they have enough quantity of deviсes with or with no power saving features 
And I doubt, they have a great demand for Iliads from their "B2B partners".
Saying, they start to sell Iliads to their "B2B partners" they can hide from people shortage or total lack of devices. But for start selling it to individuals - the main thing they need - is a great nomber of real devices, which they haven't...
One more outrageous lie - nothing more... It's an... Irex  (New slogan for them) |
Well, really the market for e-book devices is not that great yet. I remember reading somewhere that the total production run for the Librie was about 4,500 units - seems very low even when considering the DRM limitations it had. The masses (not us, the devoted fanatics who are ahead of the curve on tech adoption and e-book understanding) won't buy without easy access to media either, which is not present yet.
I understand them wanting to focus on a potentially more lucrative B2B market, but I don't think that's going to be a proper strategy for growth and development in the long run, certainly not when they can and will be undercut by Chinese manufacturers even if the competing technology is inferior.
I hope I'm mistaken, but seems to me Philips is one of those companies that are always running behind trying to play catch up. Even when they innovate, they seem to always drop the ball when it counts. I hope that doesn't permeate to Irex.