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Originally Posted by Andybaby
hey guys. back from vegas, and I'm glad to see this news.
and people were getting on my ass when I was saying that 230 was over priced 10 days ago.
I'm glad you dropped the price
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Dear Andy:
It is a bold move! The Pocket PRO is so crammed with good features and formats and colors and our main competitor in 5 inch is stripped to its theroretical shorts. Yet, they have the name and we do not.
We do not wish any ill will towards our competition. They are also in a major battle. We just want to get the press to wake up and review what is a sterling device. IF they would just review it (are you listening Rob at Washington Post?) they would quickly lose the feeling that medium sized manufacturers do not warrant coverage. Astak fights this daily! People who review computers KNOW the difference between an Atom CPU and a Pentium 4 Dual-Core and can assess accordingly. Most reviewers, I fear, have abolutely NO idea why an Epson Controller is a major step forward until they try it! To them, Touchscreen and Wireless are real benefits... Epson Controller and TTS and 12 formats and six colors are not. There are also, it seems, reviewers who use the Kindle Whispernet as a yardstick ("Gee, if it does not have that it is old hat".
Dropping the price has captured some attention. IF I could just get Rob at Washington Post to try a Pocket PRO and be fair... he would love it. Now, if I tell him we crammed a Pentium 4 Dual Core with 50 inch LCD screen in and he would be here on the next flight.
In this press business, "Reality means nothing, perception is EVERYTHING".