05-02-2009, 07:03 PM | #391 |
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i have been posting to amazon's fora for a couple of months 'without logging in' -- because i'm permanently 'logged in', at least for that purpose. if it 'knows your name' at the top of the screen, you are logged in to a point where you can post to the fora. to check your account or buy anything non-kindle-bookish, it prompts again for your email address & password.
i just tested this. i just clicked 'not [my name]' to logout totally, and tried to post a comment. the submit button at that point said "sign in and post." it will not just let anyone post under any old name. that's why the kindle-forum troll couldn't just pop in under a gazillion different names. he did change his name once, and it changed the name on all of his past 'trolly' posts. i believe this can be confirmed independently. give it a try and see if i'm not correct. |
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05-08-2009, 03:07 PM | #393 |
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Same can be said for notebook computers, which have fallen in price from an average of $2,000 in 1998 to around $700 today.
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05-08-2009, 03:42 PM | #394 | |
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In 1998 the cost of a decent laptop computer was $2,000. Today, the cost of a decent laptop computer is $700 (ignore netbooks). In 1998 the cost of an e-book reader was $500 $700/$2000 = 0.35 $500 * 0.35 = $175 Once again, why haven't e-books progressed at a rate similar to notebooks? |
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05-08-2009, 04:27 PM | #395 | |
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Example: computers today are so powerful, and so capable, that the basic model of computer is dirt cheap, and many people only need basic models to check their email and do basic web surfing. On the other hand, gamers are still spending $2000 on their hardware. I believe it was entirely necessary for a better display technology. Unfortunately, the general population's view of available display technologies does not include eInk, generally speaking. When I show my eBook device to someone who has never seen or read about eInk, the first thing they ALWAYS say is "Wow, that screen is much better than I thought!" Even Bezos points this out in his K-DX message up on Amazon's home page at the moment. But since eInk hasn't hit critical mass to make the panels cheaply, it still costs money. As does the EVDO modem, the Sprint wireless service, etc... Once the technology for modern eBook devices hits commodity status, then you'll see the price drop that you're looking for. Am I making sense? Last edited by numindast; 05-08-2009 at 04:29 PM. Reason: to clarify that john-q-public has no idea eInk is so cool |
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05-08-2009, 04:29 PM | #396 |
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there were ebook readers in '98?
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05-08-2009, 04:31 PM | #397 |
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05-08-2009, 04:32 PM | #398 |
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I don't know. were palm pilots a viable ereading device in 98?
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05-08-2009, 05:32 PM | #400 |
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is this a fair comparison? did palm pilots function on e-ink? were they as similar to todays e-readers as 1998 laptops are to 2009 laptops?
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One example: When you make a zillion laptop screens, all alike, you can drive the unit cost down. When you make 400,000 (or whatever it is) Kindle screens, on some weird-fangled e-ink, unit cost does not go down. |
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Palm Pilot, Newton, etc. But as numindast said, they weren't really commercially viable ereaders because they couldn't meet most consumer expectations. It's not really a fair comparison.
Still, why haven't ebook readers come down in price faster? Probably low demand at the price point. VCRs remained very expensive for years before they finally became cheap enough, and the supply became large enough, that the mass market could justify buying them. One this starts the pressure to make them more cheaply increases, which results in faster rates of adoption, and you get mass-market success. Amazon has been successful in addressing the supply problem and in lowering the price, to the point that they've now sold more ereaders and ebooks than anyone else before. Once they've sold 2 million or so Kindles the price should start coming down. |
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She had a major case of buyers remorse as a chronic condition, I decided; and she tended to feel generally guilty. I would guess guilt about spending money was part of the reason she returned so much. I suppose a store system might try for a general purge of all high-rate returners. |
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I had the first Palm Pilot. You couldn't have paid me to read an entire book on it.
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