Quote:
Originally Posted by redchili
So in order to have a better stand against the other players in the e-reader market and to not loose ground it might IMHO indeed make sense to keep refreshing their products, especially as amazon is about to release some new devices this fall...
|
What other players? Pocketbook's main market is Middle and Eastern Europe. Particularly in Eastern Europe, Kindle is not a player at all.
Besides, Kindle is the best example of simply repackaging the same old 6" screen, with ads, with no support for epubs, merely price differences with or without sound support... Kindle is not doing anything, so nobody has to do anything specifically against or about Kindle.
The most direct competitor of Pocketbook is Onyx. In Western Europe there are more players (Tolino, Bookeen, Cybook, Icarus), but none of them has shown the capacity to come up with as likable products as Pocketbook.
Don't get me wrong. I would welcome a large Pocketbook with the screen that Kobo Aura One has, and it's good to see a company representative making remarks in that direction, but realistically I suspect it will take time. And to blow away the market in Europe, it would really require a 10" e-reader like Remarkable. However, I see the makers only tinkering. Nobody wants to blow away the market.