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Originally Posted by bobl
The Treo and Windows Mobile devices can carry as many or more books without the limits of Sony, for less money and in a smaller package. Sony's reader costs less than $40 to manufacture at mature volumes so why is it being so greedy on margin and greedy with proprietary standards. Take out Sony's software and hardware for managing its proprietary store and the cost could go sub $25. Market needs a good, paperback sized sub-$50 device that people can put in Christmas stockings along with an SD card loaded with new books.
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Err... I don't think you're correct in that assertion. I'm fairly sure for a number of reasons that Sony could not manufacture this device for anywhere near that cheaply.
And your comparison to other handheld devices misses the point of eink - a technology that has a number of benefits over other devices.
The size of the Reader *is* disappointing to me... I wish it were bigger! I've tried reading books on PDA screens, but the screen size is far too small for me. I'd really like a device the size of the Iliad...
I won't dispute that a $50 device would do wonders for the ebook market, but I think it's impossible to price an eink device that low. It would even be hard for a more PDA-like device!