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fjtorres · 06-21-2010, 05:52 PM

I know. Just in case anybody else wanted to check it out.

I'm just not sure that Sony can keep up with the ebookstores in the dedicated reader wars. Multipurpose, maybe. But in dedicated hardware? Not sure even B&N can keep up if Amazon decides to get down-n-dirty.

Push comes to shove, Amazon could probably afford to go to $49 today if they had supply chain capacity for what that would do to reader sales. And I'm not sure all of PVIs capacity could meet *that* level of demand.

06-21-2010, 05:52 PM	#58
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	I know. Just in case anybody else wanted to check it out. I'm just not sure that Sony can keep up with the ebookstores in the dedicated reader wars. Multipurpose, maybe. But in dedicated hardware? Not sure even B&N can keep up if Amazon decides to get down-n-dirty. Push comes to shove, Amazon could probably afford to go to $49 today if they had supply chain capacity for what that would do to reader sales. And I'm not sure all of PVIs capacity could meet that level of demand.