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Originally Posted by griffonwing
I feel that Sony's option to unload every non-essential embellishment from a reader, and have a solid CORE product is a good thing. Sony has had years of experience with their PRS line, and the units seems quite solid in both hardware and software. So I would have no qualms against purchasing a Sony Reader product.
The PRS-300 has no SD card (lower cost), unimpressive controller (lower cost), simple sleeve (much lower cost), no TTS, no folder support, no user-changeable battery. Just a product that does one thing, and one thing only, read a few book formats, and an ability to store a few hundred on an internal flash memory.
However, where I see absolutely nothing at all wrong with their decision to take this route, I heartily am appalled at the price they give this gimped unit.
It's only 20 bucks cheaper than Astak's unit, which, when compared, is a 20 bucks anyone would gladly spend for the multitude of improvements.
The PRS-300, in my humble opinion, should be introduced at $129.00, if not $99. The unit, in it's gimped state, is not worth the high price that they are suggesting.
I would not pay more than 129.00 for such a device. The device itself, taken for it's own merits, might be a 200 dollar device. But you have to take into consideration the competition, and price accordingly.
With a price point of 199, you have to wonder how much of that is going to be pure profit, taking into account how much stuff is missing.
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Considering RobertB's said one of the reasons they couldn't go lower is the panel price of screens for 5 inches went up, I wouldn't expect Sony to be able to take such a dramatic loss.