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Originally Posted by Kit Coda
I predicted this yesterday in another thread. There was no way they could compete at their previous price level. I'm sure they took a hit in sales today.
The DX was my choice prior to the IPad, rather pointless to consider it at this time. I find 10 hours of power for reading more then I have time for anyway, in which case I'm also not too worried about eye strain on the IPad.
My final guess is that Kindel will exist for some time in the future although sales may be seeing their peek.
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They didn't lower anything and i really doubt they have to at the moment. I don't know if people are into ebook readers just for 1 or 2 years or if they have immense problems with keeping things in mind.
The worst thing about "e-reading" experience was ... the "shining, reflecting screen design" of the readers.
You could buy Webpads with better hardware like the iPad years ago but it was awful to read on them.
The break was e-ink. With e-ink even my mother when seeing it for the first time said to me "hey that looks ok for me ...". Thats the point. The iPad is just a shitty shiny reflecting screen *period*. Maybe it will be a nice device. Maybe a lot of people will buy it. Maybe i will be one of them BUT comparing it to an eink device is just ridicolous in my eyes and leaves me asking myself if all these people are into ereading since a year or what? Never forget the days of tired eyes by shitty, shiny screens *shiver*
I think its a chance for us ebook lovers cause amazon is the one and only really big player in ebook market at the moment and with more competition the chance is good that we get better service.
But there is also a danger in this. If the same will happen with the ebook marktet then with the mobile phone market then we will maybe never see colour eink be a sucess and therefor have the "next" generation of "old" shiny reflecting iPad like ebook devices. Horror picture ...