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Originally Posted by rixte
That seems a fairly spurious claim.
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Actually, I never claimed they sid it. I said that I 'hoped' that was not the case. It was never a stated claim.
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It's a matter of perspective. Sony designed a new look and feel from rather than taking an existing device and scaling it down. I'm quite sure there was research and development costs in that. The 300 also has features that the Pocket Pro doesn't, such as dictionary support.
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There wasn't really a lot of stuff they did to the 300, as compared to the 505, except remove a lot of stuff.
And igorsk already beat me on the dictionary claim.
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I mean, people can debate all day about the individual benefits of each device, and it's quite fun to do so and one of the reasons I come to the board. But I get a little concerned when disinformation is being spread about one device to make another look better.
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I'm not trying to do that. I am all for Sony gutting a reader down to the base Core product, but I feel that they should not charge the same price for their gimped unit that another company charged for a full package.
Taking off 40 bucks of Astaks price since they include a cover, the Astak actually comes out 20 bucks cheaper for so much more.
Again, I do applaud Sony for putting out a solid device backed and built by a great company, however their price needs to reflect the current comparative prices of the competition, which this one does not.
They are simply charging too much money for their product.