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Originally Posted by Shades
I am sorry, but this needs a lot more thought and research. Does the market even need such a device? I mean the Sony device is aimed at a particular audience: students and professionals, and I doubt they are selling very well because a tablet, either Android or iOS can already do what Sony is trying to push.
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Exactly. The competition isn't Sony's eink device, it's cheap Android tablets that do a gazillion more things than this device will, for a similar price. Given that it's an indoor market near power plugs, the biggest advantages of eink aren't relevant.
Right now I could go to Amazon (if I was in the US) and drop $89 on a 9.7 inch tablet with touchscreen, video, dual cameras, 8GB storage, microSD slot, wifi, audio, etc, as well as the ability to run Android PDF-reading apps. Making a case for backers to pay $175 for a pie-in-the-sky extremely limited eink device is going to be an uphill battle even for someone with marketing skills.
ETA: I see that used Kindle DXes are selling for way less, and that's with free 3G...