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Originally Posted by BenLee
Well, if you believe the email Plastic Logic sent out recently, the Que may still come out in the future. They still seem excited about releasing it, but maybe want to regroup after this week's events. |
PL is just Irex recycled. Lots of promises, great PR, delay, delay, alienate your consumer base, etc. The only difference is that Irex did this earlier when they could mask their business debacles by having a niche in which they were one of the only players. Once the competition heated up in the large-sized ereader market, they started heading downhill fast, and the iPad was just the last nail in their coffin. Plastic Logic is repeating all these same mistakes, but they're being destroyed before they even get a product put the door because they're not able to cover up their business ineptitude with an unfilled niche. A $700 black and white ereader with low refresh, etc., stacked up next to something like the iPad? Uh, yeah, that's going to sell well... NOT. The Que and the Skiff have been basically dead since Apple announced the iPad, they just took a few months to admit it.
I'd be real interested to know how Amazon's DX has been selling the last few months. Any ereader priced anywhere close to the iPad is likely having extreme sales pressure at the moment, and will remain so until eink turns color with refresh rates at least in the low 20fps range. Now that would be an interesting alternative...