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Booxtor · 05-15-2016, 03:25 PM

Hi, Machinogodzilla,

Thanks for that neat table with 13.3" devices!

I just wanted to clear a popular mistake. Icarus is going to sell Onyx Boox products with just another label on the housing. That's it. In the hardware and the 99% of the software (except of probably some standby pictures and opening screens) there couldn't be any difference between Max and by Icarus announced 13.3". Additionally, as far as I know they even weren't allowed by Onyx to start this Indiegogo campaign and to offer this device as re-branded one. Onyx wanted to promote their own brand now. I don't think it will be allowed in the future.

. Just curious. Is it legal to collect money by Indiegogo or Kickstarter for already existing product in mass production? It would be possible for everyone to take some promo commercials, pictures and to write some tempting texts, present this product by Indiegogo/Kickstarter as new one and afterwards just to buy goods with wholesaler conditions. I don't think it is the goal of those crowdfunding projects.

There is actually no battle yet. GoodEreader must collect funds for at least 500 devices to move the factory to start production. Smaller quantities are just uneconomical. E.g. Onyx has already produced 1000 devices for the first batch (which was immediately sold out). Now the second bigger batch is in preparation. It will be hard for Netronix to accept to produce smaller quantities. Pocketbook is still in prototype phase and I don't think their CAD reader will make it beyond this..

05-15-2016, 03:25 PM	#11
Booxtor Booxtor Posts: 1,126 Karma: 2305664 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Germany Device: a lot of..	Hi, Machinogodzilla, Thanks for that neat table with 13.3" devices! I just wanted to clear a popular mistake. Icarus is going to sell Onyx Boox products with just another label on the housing. That's it. In the hardware and the 99% of the software (except of probably some standby pictures and opening screens) there couldn't be any difference between Max and by Icarus announced 13.3". Additionally, as far as I know they even weren't allowed by Onyx to start this Indiegogo campaign and to offer this device as re-branded one. Onyx wanted to promote their own brand now. I don't think it will be allowed in the future. . Just curious. Is it legal to collect money by Indiegogo or Kickstarter for already existing product in mass production? It would be possible for everyone to take some promo commercials, pictures and to write some tempting texts, present this product by Indiegogo/Kickstarter as new one and afterwards just to buy goods with wholesaler conditions. I don't think it is the goal of those crowdfunding projects. There is actually no battle yet. GoodEreader must collect funds for at least 500 devices to move the factory to start production. Smaller quantities are just uneconomical. E.g. Onyx has already produced 1000 devices for the first batch (which was immediately sold out). Now the second bigger batch is in preparation. It will be hard for Netronix to accept to produce smaller quantities. Pocketbook is still in prototype phase and I don't think their CAD reader will make it beyond this.. Last edited by Booxtor; 05-15-2016 at 03:45 PM.