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Originally Posted by gerraldo
The problem is... If I need to spend $250,-- on an eReader and $450,-- on the Archos Net-Tablet, what would an eReader Plus cost? I don't think it'll cost less then $450,--, so... If prices don't drop radically on eInk devices they'll die - simply just because you get so much more for the same price or even less! (And if I say die, I mean "not be of any interest for the mass market"; there are still players available for LPs or MCs etc.)
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I'm afraid I don't agree with you. I'd say that eBook Readers will
never be mass market. Whereas most people listen to music (hence there is a mass market for MP3 players), few people are "serious" readers. The overwhelming majority of my friends never read a book from one year to the next. Given that they are specialist devices, $200-400 is really not a terribly high price. It's iPod price range, and there are plenty of professional people out there for whom that price range is "impulse buy" territory.
To my mind, trying to create a "do everything" device would be a mistake. I really don't want or need a device which can surf the web, play music, and make the tea; I just want a dedicated eBook reader, just as my iPod is a dedicated music player.