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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Main difference is that the technology used in these ebook readers is not new and not expensive. Technologically speaking, they're inferior to most PDAs and cell phones. It's not the build cost that is driving market prices with these devices. Unfortunately, technology is rarely what determines the value of a product when it comes to marketing that product.
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Perhaps not for much of the electronics but I believe it is for the e-ink display, which, IMO, is the cost driver for these devices. I may be wrong ang the developers of the E-ink displays may be gouging the market but I personally do not believe that to be true.
A lot of research went into those diplays and they deserve to recoup their expenditures. Just one man's opinion.