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Originally Posted by phenomshel
I do like having the keyboard available when I need it, though - but if you do get a slate like you want, you could always hook up a usb or bluetooth kb if you found you needed one.
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Yep, that's my plan. Plus I'll always have a laptop, so a slate would just be supplementing it as a reader/document mark up tool, and for some light web browsing and e-mail checking etc.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Hey! I just realized:
Kindle 2 is $189.
Kindle DX is $489. Still.
I'm thinking something's not right there.  |
Only thing I can think of is the larger e-ink screens must cost more and/or they know it's a tiny niche, can't compete with the iPad and other tablets in the mainstream etc. so they just leave it high priced for the niche of people who want a big screen e-ink device.
It's still quite a bit cheaper than the rumored prices of the Que, or the big screen iRex devices etc. so they really don't have much pressure to drop price. No one who wants an iPad or other tablet would buy a DX instead even if it was $299 or something. And they're still under price the other 9.7"
or close big screen e-ink devices.