Thread: Kindle US Marketshare at 45%, Sony at 30%
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Old 08-19-2009, 07:39 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Hellmark View Post
Now that the price is dropping to $200, more are saying that is doable. Then again, a lot of the people I know are gadget freaks, or voracious readers.
But if the mainstream players (Sony, Amazon) are releasing crippled devices for 200, and saving the bells and whistles for the 300-500 range, then I don't see the public jumping as fast as they would otherwise.

By crippled, I am referring to the limited features of the 300, which is Sony's 199 price-point device. Any device which is not user-friendly (replaceable battery, user-defined storage like SD cards, etc..) I consider to be crippled, and has an impact on whether or not I will purchase.

I'm not certain what kind of 199 device that Kindle expects to put out. I have not been following them.
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