11-04-2013, 11:26 AM | #16 |
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Euro prices also include VAT do they not? That's at least part of the higher cost in Europe.
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11-04-2013, 01:25 PM | #17 | |
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From what has been said here it seems to me that to be competitive in the US it would need to sell at less than the magic $100 mark. |
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11-04-2013, 01:33 PM | #18 |
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Hard to guess, but being Sony I think they would have priced it $119 or $129 here if they'd offered it. There are very few devices that sell for below the $100 mark.
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11-04-2013, 01:41 PM | #19 | |
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11-04-2013, 02:16 PM | #20 |
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11-04-2013, 02:38 PM | #21 | |
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The earliest eReaders I can think of are the Rocket & SoftBook and those are from 1998ish. |
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The CNN Money article is what I was remembering; they count the Sony Data Discman as a precursor to present-day ereaders. The article is still online. Quote:
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11-04-2013, 03:47 PM | #23 | |
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11-04-2013, 09:15 PM | #24 | |
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11-05-2013, 02:23 AM | #25 | |
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When that finally dies I will not bother with a replacement eReader as I find my iPad Mini to be fine for reading. Still it's sad to see Sony slowly abandoning this market - unfortunately in most people's mind eReaders are Kindles. Kobo's are slowly getting to be more popular here in the UK, but Sony has just about disappeared from the high-street stores - in fact the only place to buy a T3 as far as I can tell is direct from a Sony Store. |
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11-05-2013, 09:10 PM | #28 | |
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11-05-2013, 09:26 PM | #29 |
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Maybe, but Monday morning quarterbacking is always an easy job.
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