Thread: Amazon has banned my account - my Kindle is now a (partial) brick.
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Old 05-01-2009, 04:19 PM   #387
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Originally Posted by markm View Post
First of all, yes, I believe the Kindle is overpriced. The first eBook reader, the Rocket eBook, introduced in 1998, had a 4.5 x 3-inch touchscreen, 4MB internal RAM, and up to 33 hours battery life for $500. After 11 years of progress, the Kindle II has approximately a 5 x 3.5-inch screen, non-touchscreen, 2GB RAM and built-in cellular wireless for $360. Clearly, e-book readers have not progressed anywhere nearly as quickly as either PC's or MP3 players. E-book readers are not "NEW" technology, they've been around for a decade and the cost should have fallen much more steeply, but low user adoption keeps this technology firmly in the "expensive gadget" category. Why?
Miniaturization is also a big factor that you did not touch on. The Kindle is half the weight of the first eBook, and less bulky, which were major drawbacks of early eReaders.
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