Thread: Astak Mentor eBook readers with WiFi and Touchscreen (read-only)
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Old 06-11-2009, 02:20 PM   #2316
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Originally Posted by Robertb View Post
Dear All:

Blah blah blah

I know you are anxious. Blah blah blah ....the unit is MORE than we expected and I am more than pleased.

Blah blah blah

Our worry is NOT the device... it is exclusivity. If we sink $200,000 into the Pocket PRO and Fernley Footware buys the device also and markets it... everything changes. It means just maybe that the pluses we want to add (such as choice of colors) can make Fernley more competitive than us in price. Now we are competing not with Amazon and Sony... but with the same device in somebody else's hands.
Good luck with that.

The main reason Kindle did so well is the fact that it was Amazon, and the thing with Oprah didn't hurt. Perhaps sending a few free units to some late night talk show hosts might help things and get Astak name out there.

Conan O Brian would be good, and Jimmy Fallon is a HUGE gadget nut.
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