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Originally Posted by dmaul1114
There are definitely people out there who want a 9-12" dedicated reader--but like you I'm not sure it's a big enough niche to survive.
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I'm one of them.
I want one for my mother. Almost bought the DX but the price and the weight held me off. Now I'm waiting on PB901: I love the Pocketbook *platform* strategy and all it brings to the table and the 901 looks to be a reasonable size and weight. And the Price is acceptable for a pure reader. (Would be better at $299 but if it runs the same software as my PB360 it would still be a good value. Because I would be able to give my mother a first-class reading experience.)
I might even buy one for myself. ;-)
But I know full well that I'm in a very tiny minority in not needing the added Tablet features (I *already* own two TabletPCs and a netbook). The added features don't give me anything I need or want. Most people looking big, however, do want to browse and do want a touchscreen (which is why Pocketbook is also cooking up a 903 model). I wish them well, but...
We knew that once Apple got into the game things would change; well, today's Nook news is the first big ripple.
We've long known the future of dedicated readers was small and cheap; now we have one of the bigger players saying, in effect; "I'm game. Let's do cheap."