...how can the manufacturers of this thing possibly believe that they'll outsell the plastic logic? do they plan on just keeping the price high now, and get the few people far along the demand curve, and then dropping it down once the PL comes out? they can't think it's going to have the superior quality to warrant this much of a higher price, can they??
you're right...but I've seen speculation of it being "competitive with the kindle", and I believe that was from the CEO of PL during the initial product unveiling. largely, that's due to them using plastic vs. glass/lcd, and the vastly lower costs of production.
I've heard all that too. However I'm not sure why it would even be compared to the Kindle in the first place. The PL reader is targeting a completely different market. (it's meant for documents, not novels)
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...how can the manufacturers of this thing possibly believe that they'll outsell the plastic logic? do they plan on just keeping the price high now, and get the few people far along the demand curve, and then dropping it down once the PL comes out? they can't think it's going to have the superior quality to warrant this much of a higher price, can they??
Last time I checked, the Plastic Logic reader didn't have an offical price to compare this too. For all we know, that device will be just as costly.
you're right...but I've seen speculation of it being "competitive with the kindle", and I believe that was from the CEO of PL during the initial product unveiling. largely, that's due to them using plastic vs. glass/lcd, and the vastly lower costs of production.
I've heard all that too. However I'm not sure why it would even be compared to the Kindle in the first place. The PL reader is targeting a completely different market. (it's meant for documents, not novels)