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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Define "finished". In this case, they've said from the beginning that writing won't be available at the initial release. This is not a case of them promising features that turned out to be incomplete/missing.
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It is as I said; they are releasing the 800 as a read only device--when the reviews come out in the popular press (and they will) it will be compared,
heads up, with the Kindle Dx. The 800 will certainly sell where Amazon's wireless service is not available, but in those
population centers where both services are available I believe that Amazon will have a
tremendous advantage due to Amazon's name recognition and the fact that the press has already made
Amazon and
Kindle '
cool' in the public eye.
If (and I'm just saying
if) the 800 turns out to be buggy, it will get clobbered in the press, perhaps killing iRex (and Shaggy, I
don't want
that to happen).
OTH, if iRex waited until writing was '
finished' on the 800 (and it is stable), the only heads-up comparisons could be made with the large screen write-enabled readers coming out early next year, from companies the public is not familiar with. Compared to those, if it is stable and reliable, the 800 will blow away the competition.
Priced similarly to the Kindle Dx, I think even those who don't perceive a need for writing would opt for the 'extra' as a better value, just in case they might want writing later.
Marketing decisions are always a gamble, and I
hope that iRex wins, I just think they are going about it the wrong way; the 800 release is going to be big, and if it falls, it will fall hard. iRex is taking on Goliath when they could wait to take on lesser Davids, and perhaps even topple Goliath later.
I think iRex is timing for the Xmas rush, and I think the release is premature.
Kent Walters