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I find it fascinating that people these days are willing to pay (a premium) for less features or less choice. Well in this case people are paying a lot less fo

by frossie 16y ago

I find it fascinating that people these days are willing to pay (a premium) for less features or less choice. Well in this case people are paying a lot less for less choice. A kindle/nook/kobo is priced nothing like an iPad. Having access to both, I too agree eInk is far better for reading. I don't feel like I am paying to have less choice. My nook is a far better reading experience than the iPad. The iPad is a great web surfing gadget, and has some nice games. The fact that they have some overlapping functionality is not that significant, IMHO. And, I predict these things will be $99 by Christmas, in which case I will be definitely gifting them to my family. I am not paid well enough to be giving away iPads, alas :-)

HSO 16y ago
Hm, let me clarify, I meant to say "either pay or even pay a premium". So yes, they are paying less but they are still paying for a functionality that could, in this particular case, for the most part also be fulfilled by the more versatile iPad. I wonder where the thin line is at which people will say "thank god, now I can pack all my gadgets into one device" instead of "X is best for x, Y for y, Z for z". Clumsy English, I realize, but I'm too tired now to try again... In any case, I still have a Sony PRS 700, expensively imported to Germany about a year ago, and can't decide whether I'll keep it around now that I have the iPad or sell it at a big loss (given my import costs and the iPad craze) on ebay.
- frossie 16y ago
  in this particular case, for the most part also be fulfilled by the more versatile iPad I understand your point, but all I am saying is that in this case "for the most part" is not good enough for many people (eg. me). I do, actually, have the urge for an all-in-one device, but I also have certain things that I don't want to compromise on. My reading experience is very important to me. On the other hand, my wish to take a quick photo/video is not a big deal. So, I carried a sub-compact camera with the iPhone 3G, but if I get an iPhone4 I won't bother - it's good enough. On similar lines, I have more or less ditched my portable game devices in favour of the iPhone/iPad. Other people have different priorities. So I think people do want to converge on one device, but not at the expense of their convenience.

by frossie 16y ago

HSO 16y ago

Hm, let me clarify, I meant to say "either pay or even pay a premium". So yes, they are paying less but they are still paying for a functionality that could, in this particular case, for the most part also be fulfilled by the more versatile iPad. I wonder where the thin line is at which people will say "thank god, now I can pack all my gadgets into one device" instead of "X is best for x, Y for y, Z for z". Clumsy English, I realize, but I'm too tired now to try again... In any case, I still have a Sony PRS 700, expensively imported to Germany about a year ago, and can't decide whether I'll keep it around now that I have the iPad or sell it at a big loss (given my import costs and the iPad craze) on ebay.

frossie 16y ago
in this particular case, for the most part also be fulfilled by the more versatile iPad I understand your point, but all I am saying is that in this case "for the most part" is not good enough for many people (eg. me). I do, actually, have the urge for an all-in-one device, but I also have certain things that I don't want to compromise on. My reading experience is very important to me. On the other hand, my wish to take a quick photo/video is not a big deal. So, I carried a sub-compact camera with the iPhone 3G, but if I get an iPhone4 I won't bother - it's good enough. On similar lines, I have more or less ditched my portable game devices in favour of the iPhone/iPad. Other people have different priorities. So I think people do want to converge on one device, but not at the expense of their convenience.