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Originally Posted by wodin
Anybody read Dilbert? ECTACO seems to be an archetypical example of a company with a crack engineering team and a marketing dept that really sux; and management that doesn't know the difference.
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Thanks Wodin. I think this is a great summation of this issue.
Being a pretty informed consumer, when I first read the chart I laughed. Of course ECTACO is going to put themselves in the best light. Anyone relying on the seller for unbiased info, rather than a third-party like MobileRead, is going to be sadly disappointed. Before I plunked down ~$200 for a jetBook (and I did and I am VERY happy with it) I did my research here, not on the product's website.
If you base your opinion on a company and decide they are "shady" just on their marketing strategy you are only looking at one dimension. One of the things that drew me to the jetBook was the fact that ECTACO is actively developing and releasing firmware updates and seems to be VERY responsive to their customers (see jgray's interactions with the company).
Other than to add that I am so sick of reading about and discussing "the chart" in this and other threads, that's my 2 cents.