08-08-2009, 02:31 AM | #46 | |
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Just because an "official" representative of a company - with which we have no affiliation - makes duplicate posts of something that has been posted in our forums hours and days before doesn't make his post in any more "official" or "newsworthy". I wish we would receive a little more respect from someone who is on the verge of abusing our community as a marketing tool to increase sales. |
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08-08-2009, 02:31 AM | #47 | |
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Why do you think everyone's jumping on the band wagon? The margins these things draw can only be dreamed of in any other niche of the consumer electronics arena. |
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Surely no one is considering any loss on selling reading devices. But the margins will vary quite a lot between the hundreds of thousands of items Amazon and/or Sony have manufactured and the somewhat few thousands e.g. Bookeen, Astak or other small companies can afford at one time.
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08-08-2009, 04:54 AM | #49 | |
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Wodin is absolutely right about why many manufacturers are trying to hop on. They're after easy profits with minimal fuss. Choices may be a good thing, if they're not all just clones of the same 2 or 3 devices. Getting some greedy big companies into the game may hurt sales of the independent clone salesmen, but it may be for the benefit of the technology. Big players will not be able to compete well with straight-up clones of others' designs. Perhaps they'll continue using the same low-grade technology, but will have to distinguish themselves with design and interface innovation. That doesn't mean there will be big improvements...but I can't imagine it getting any worse. |
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It appears there is a form of censorship being practiced. There are duplicate posts on just about all devices. Look at your week in recap - Sony with two articles - Astak with none - Somehow I recall not only the Official Press Release, but also a price cut RETROACTIVELY on the Astak Pocket Pro. Last edited by Musicman; 08-08-2009 at 09:53 AM. |
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Last time I checked, iRex was NOT a large company.
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Slayda, why are you asking?
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Now you can purchase a programable scientific calculator for about $20. Eventually ebook readers will also be greatly reduced in price as technological advances are made. |
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Well, even if there are a lot of small companies jumping the bandwagon right now, the customer still will benefit from the current market development.
1.) The more competition, the sooner prices will fall 2.) The more companies buy from some large manufacturers, the cheaper a single unit gets; consequence, see 1.) 3.) The software will distinguish the devices. Stability, updates, functionality, features. As long as the technology itself doesn't show that much of a rapid improvement (and it won't), I'll stick to the company which offers the best firmware. But at least I'm able to decide. Back to the current discussion: I also somehow get the impression the MR is in favor of news from Amazon or Sony. So what? Those are the big two companies right now. It's only natural that there is more interest in news about them than in any small company. I'm not interested in Kindle news, so I don't read them. I'm not that much interestet in Sony, so I just flip through those news. Those are the forums at MR I usually don't visit either. It's quite a large board right now, with space and room for any device and any preference. |
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I don't mind hearing about the company's news, though I strongly dislike the way they're trying to weave advertising into it directly. I'm sure that sentiment is shared by quite a few folks. |
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