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Originally Posted by griffonwing
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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What is crippled to you and to me would not be considered crippled by my parents, sister or girlfriend. I'm a techie, they are not.
A cheap, easy to use e-book reader from a known company would sell to them much more readily then any of the higher priced items in the field.
For e-books and e-book readers to come into their own you need to expand the market past the techies and the gadget geeks. These lower end, less featured items will do just that, expand the market. Price and name recognition will sell to them far faster then features they will rarely if ever use or need.
Really, does my mom need to store more then 300 books on her e-reader, or worry about changing the battery? I think not. Me on the other hand
