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Originally Posted by Abecedary
So basically they're saying the price is expected to be in the ~$500ish range. As someone else already pointed out, the "expected to be" prices tend to be on the low side, so I won't be surprised if it's closer to $550 or $600 when it actually is released.
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I agree. My reading of the article is that the Plastic Logic representative said "similar price to the Kindle" (meaning the Kindle DX) and the reporter added "which starts at $299" (meaning the Kindle 2). I also would not be surprised at a ~$600 price, but that is still significantly less then they probably planned on earlier this year. The iRex DR1000S (with less capable hardware) is currently $859. If they are planing on a ~$500 price point, then they must also be planning on at least hundreds of thousands of units per year. That may be realistic, given strong interest from newspapers.