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Old 09-04-2009, 02:05 AM   #17
Lo Zeno
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Italy
Device: Hanlin V3 (with lBook firmware & OpenInkPot)
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Originally Posted by Teyrnon View Post
Hmm, sure but what kind of features would a $50 reader have?
It depends on "when".
As time goes by and technology gets cheaper (it always gets cheaper), features will cost less and less. I paid my first mobile phone, years ago, three times more than my current mobile, and my current mobile has twice the features the first had.

So, I think, a reader paid $50 in 2011 will just have the "next page" and "previous page" button and read just 2 formats, while a reader paid $50 in 2020 will have even wireless and dictionary support, and ability to tak notes.

For color e-ink and touch screen, add another $100 to the bunch not because that's what they will cost but because for the last years "add touch screen" has always meant "add $100" (or "add €100 in europe"
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