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Tuna · 06-06-2009, 05:01 PM

I think the thing to remember is that an e-ink based, low powered and portable device - either pocketable or the size of a notepad for larger documents - could drop to a sub $100 price fairly rapidly with market penetration. Netbooks, particuarly netbooks running Win 7 will remain at much higher prices, say $400 upwards.

Whilst netbooks are increasingly able to run applications that previously only ran on high end desktops, no-one in the industry is keen to see the premium price of laptops and desktop pcs eroded. To that end, netbooks will remain constrained by industry agreements. Screen size and resolution, memory and graphics processors are going to ensure that whilst you can run high end applications, you're not really going to be able to run more than one at a time and the experience will be somewhat limited. There will be a netbook edition of Win 7 that will reinforce the difference between the cheaper devices and more expensive laptops.

At present, it's also worth noticing that the industry agreed definition of a netbook actually puts it at a significantly lower resolution than a kindle DX. How Pixel Qi's screens will fit into the natural separation between products has yet to be seen.

06-06-2009, 05:01 PM	#6
Tuna Zealot Posts: 114 Karma: 325 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Cool-ER	I think the thing to remember is that an e-ink based, low powered and portable device - either pocketable or the size of a notepad for larger documents - could drop to a sub $100 price fairly rapidly with market penetration. Netbooks, particuarly netbooks running Win 7 will remain at much higher prices, say $400 upwards. Whilst netbooks are increasingly able to run applications that previously only ran on high end desktops, no-one in the industry is keen to see the premium price of laptops and desktop pcs eroded. To that end, netbooks will remain constrained by industry agreements. Screen size and resolution, memory and graphics processors are going to ensure that whilst you can run high end applications, you're not really going to be able to run more than one at a time and the experience will be somewhat limited. There will be a netbook edition of Win 7 that will reinforce the difference between the cheaper devices and more expensive laptops. At present, it's also worth noticing that the industry agreed definition of a netbook actually puts it at a significantly lower resolution than a kindle DX. How Pixel Qi's screens will fit into the natural separation between products has yet to be seen.