agreed. the device's usefulness and appeal is undeniable but, at $360, it's overpriced.
it's simply too limited to justify it's exorbitant cost which is compounded by all the books you'll be adding to it. as much as i love to read there's a practical, smarter side of me that just knows better. for what they're asking you might as well throw in an extra hundred towards an entire desktop/laptop. (at least that pays for itself in less than a year.)
I'm curious to know if you'd rather buy a Kindle at, say, $99. But then be faced with a monthly surcharge of $49 for the wireless access (EVDO, if I recall). PLUS having to pay for the books.
I wouldn't mind the lower up front costs at all. Alot more people would buy in at that rate. But after one year of "membership" you'd have paid out about $700 -- and the ongoing charges continue to climb.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the $360 a one-time charge? Buy books, yeah -- that balances out whichever plan you choose -- but in these terms, $360 becomes more of a bargain.
If they came out with a cheaper Kindle that doesn't have the wireless features and is $99 I would buy it, I'd probably just fill it up with a bunch of public domain book I got for free anyway.
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agreed. the device's usefulness and appeal is undeniable but, at $360, it's overpriced.
it's simply too limited to justify it's exorbitant cost which is compounded by all the books you'll be adding to it. as much as i love to read there's a practical, smarter side of me that just knows better. for what they're asking you might as well throw in an extra hundred towards an entire desktop/laptop. (at least that pays for itself in less than a year.)
I'm curious to know if you'd rather buy a Kindle at, say, $99. But then be faced with a monthly surcharge of $49 for the wireless access (EVDO, if I recall). PLUS having to pay for the books.
I wouldn't mind the lower up front costs at all. Alot more people would buy in at that rate. But after one year of "membership" you'd have paid out about $700 -- and the ongoing charges continue to climb.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the $360 a one-time charge? Buy books, yeah -- that balances out whichever plan you choose -- but in these terms, $360 becomes more of a bargain.
If they came out with a cheaper Kindle that doesn't have the wireless features and is $99 I would buy it, I'd probably just fill it up with a bunch of public domain book I got for free anyway.
@Meta: Obviously you wouldn't be their target market, so that's another reason for them to not make such as device.