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Originally Posted by fjtorres
That is what Sony is facing.
And for a large format wireless reader, $399 is going to be a tough sell.
At that price it had better be best in breed.
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Especially when the low end iPad is $499. And I'm sure some of the Android and other competing tablets that come out will be even less.
I think big screen e-ink devices are largely dead. The tech is just too expensive to compete with tablets at that screen size, and there aren't enough die hard readers/e-ink enthusiasts who need 9"+ screens to keep the large screen e-ink niche alive IMO--as that's a small niche with in a niche.
Smaller screens there are for sure with the novel reading market etc. But big screens I see tablets killing off.
I work in higher ed, and all my colleagues are more interested in tablets than say a Kindle DX or Que. Can read all our A4 PDFs or research articles on them, but also do internet, e-mail, watch video, replace laptop for travel etc. Anecdotal, but I just don't see the big screen e-ink devices surviving the onslaught of tablets.