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Originally Posted by Robertb
Touchscreen costs about $70 to a manufacturer.
Wi-Fi costs about $17 to a manufacturer
3G costs about $38 to a manufacturer without the PLAN COSTS or the SIM card
These costs are TO the manufacturer to actually install. The cost is magnified for retail price.
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prove it...pure and simple. Post actual direct from the factory invoices.
No way a wifi card costs $17 from the mfg. Maybe if you order six, if suppose so. Then again, a fast search shows one can buy NEW mini-pci wifi cards for $5 all day long.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...All-Categories
There are oodles of touch displays to be had on ebay for about $50 and under for 9"-10" displays. Again that is RETAIL.
Nokia has $229 devices which have WIFI AND TOUCH SCREENS AND A KEYBOARD.
http://www.nokiausa.com/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_607318
Now granted there is the difference in the display tech, but consider, given the touch interface, it's a wash at worst. Especially as WE KNOW WHAT THE KINDLE DISPLAY COSTS ($60) since it does not include a touch interface which you claim adds $70 at the mfg level...so lets say a display on an N8x0 device runs maybe $50 including the touch interface. But using your numbers the display should be around $100...not a chance...I doubt it costs them $30 for the whole display.
Look, we already have seen your tendency to pull false info out of your, well you know where, in an effort to knock a competing device people were looking into...so, credibility of your claims are suspect on the best of days...until devices show up. And when we see competing devices for under $200 with many of the features you claim are too expensive, we'll talk.
Oh, and as to the claim of cost to assemble the device...we know the Kindle costs $8.66 to assemble. That is fixed wether something like wifi is present or not...and since the Kindle has 3G, it is safe to assume adding wifi instead will not alter the conversion cost per unit.
And in case your next argument is economy of scale...well, as the end consumer, my answer to that is, well, that is Astak's problem. Either produce a competative product or go away. Harsh as that sounds we consumers are fed that line from the other direction every single day. We already know, unless your were again in error with your own words, the engineers you claim to employ earn about US$800/mo. So the money is not going to them.
You should understand, from the people who have your EZReader, I think it is a great device. And I think your heart is in the right place....but you just keep saying such stoopid things...
And I am joking when I write that, it was a line in a movie called "The Secret of My Success" when the two main characters are arguing about, ironically, a business plan...but the way you run around into other threads to knock the potential competition with, to put it kindly, misinformation/FUD is just beyond funny. Because for some reason you fail to see how bad that makes your whole company look. Sort of like stepping over dollars to pick up pennies.
Presenting helpful facts impartially is great...but finding ways to do it without using FUD toward the competition is not that easy...but it is worth learning as it will bring in more dollars than the few pennies picked up via the FUD marketing plan.
For example...to state a company uses a lower grade component, even if they do, is, well not bright. But to remind people there exist different grade components so make sure of what is being used before making a purchase decision, well, that is the right way to do it...helping customers/clients educate themselves is always the better way to long term loyal relationships. Scaring them away from the competition never works long term because fear <> respect.