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Hi all,
I think ereaders in general will drop markedly in price, and the Kindle/Nook pricing will force this, as well as forthcoming 'readers - there seems to be a rash of them on the way.
How low they finally go is difficult to predict. Perhaps we will see a minimum price level reached and then screen size, resolution, apparent quality of the unit as a whole, and the screen in particular, and so forth will become the selling points.
I tend not to see things like touch screen controls or wifi as extraneous, although I was skeptical about both until I got a touch phone and a notebook. To me touchscreen allows me to flick a page over when I am through reading, and not have to fumble for buttons. Why do we need all devices to operate differently?
Recently I was looking at some ereaders and swiped the screen a couple of times without thinking, to turn the pages, and was surprised when nothing happened!
Looking at the Kobo, I tend to feel USD$99 is a reasonable sum, given the prices of the Kindle/Nook competitors.
Cheers,
Michael P
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