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Old 01-26-2009, 06:20 AM   #27
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Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500
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Originally Posted by A J Edwards View Post
I note that in the UK Sony have increased the price of their eBook reader (£229). It is already far too expensive a device for what it does. I can buy a small laptop for £175.
If they sold the reader at a realistic price, say £120, they might do better and save some jobs. Just about everyone I speak with (private and corporate) says that they are very unlikely to buy an eBook reader unless the price comes way down.
Not just Sony Reader.

Cybook is £194, was 180.
BeBook is £250, was 225?
iRex iLiad v2 is £550!!!, was 440
iRex Digital Reader 1000S is £600!!!, was £450 or £460

It is not Sony. It is british pound lost about 30% of its value...
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