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Originally Posted by nikkie
What I got from the tone (and title!) of the article is that he's upset that a lot of people waste money over the holidays on crap they don't need - a very non-consumerist statement coming from a tech product reviewer.  |
I disagree, but only because he's very explicit at the start of the review that he's taking B&N to task for (in his opinion) releasing the nook before it was ready.
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Originally Posted by nikkie
I still think he was cruel not to mention that the Kindle had the same birthing problems - because his review is definitely going to hurt B&N's bottom line, and ability to put out a V2 nook.
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FYI, here's his review of the first Kindle:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/22/te...h/22pogue.html
Standards were different then. But again, I suspect his main point is that if B&N had waited a few months instead of trying to release it on Nov 28th in an attempt to be available for the holiday season, they would've had a better product at launch.
I will say in B&N's defense that sales during the holiday season are critical. Unfortunately it also means that most of the reviews are going to be done with a slightly flawed product, so in the end the tactic will probably backfire on them.
(BTW I love the fact that at the time of the K1 review, Amazon had 90,000 ebooks and that was a competitive advantage.
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