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Originally Posted by HarryT
Companies like iRex, however, are not targetting the consumer eBook reader; they are aimed squarely at the business market, for which the price really is not so much of a consideration. The "rivals" of devices such as the DR1000 are not machines like the Sony or Kindle, but Tablet PCs.
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First are you EVER in agreement with ANYTHING anyone posts on MR?
hehehehe...JUST TEASING I see what you are saying but do disagree. To me iRex has no idea WHAT they are trying to be today, maybe in 3yrs they want to be in that tabletPC market and likely will, but right now they are in neither really.
Next then explain the DR800 and it's estimated $400 price point? It is targeting directly at the consumer market. In the business market the DR1000 could well be playing second fiddle to the PL large format device. Currently, it's actual competition is the Kindle DX not a TabletPC. If iRex is trying to compete with tablet PC's with something as under powered as the DR1000 (which I think is a fine, no EXCELLENT, reading device) they fall far short of the mark.