Amazon's Kindle: $400 for spring?

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Mike @ Apr 20th 2007 9:48AM

You could buy an inexpensive PC for "above $400" and an inexpensive laptop for about $200 more than that so why again would you want this?

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Electromodo @ Apr 20th 2007 9:59AM

I believe the main reason would be the Amazon's service to deliver the eBooks from the store directly to the device.

Amazon already has a service when you can read the books that you have purchased online while you are waiting for the physical book to arrive in mail. And this is for the additional price of $5-$6!

So I am afraid Amazon will provide eBook service on the same basis - you need to buy a real book and you pay extra for the eBook service. This is ridiculous for me, as I can always come and relax in Barnes&Noble while reading the same book for free, like in the library.

Let's hope there will be a discount for eBooks compared to physical books, but I do not believe in that.

P.S. And about your comment, Mike: it is much more convenient to use eBook reader instead of laptop, trust me. I was seduced on eBook side immediately after I tried it. It's almost like reading a physical book.

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LC @ Apr 20th 2007 11:35AM

"You could buy an inexpensive PC for "above $400" and an inexpensive laptop for about $200 more than that so why again would you want this?"

Apples and oranges. E-ink gets far better battery life than an inexpensive laptop or desktop. Plus it is easier to carry around an e-ink book reader that is less than a pound than carrying around a laptop. It's like someone saying why should they get a $400 PDA phone when they can get a cheap laptop with Skype.

"I thought the point of e-ink displays was that they're cheap."

I never heard of that being the point of e-ink displays. The point of E-ink was always promoted as their almost identical look to text and their low power requirements.

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toon @ Jul 24th 2008 12:07PM

So is Amazon going to become an MVNO or are you going to have to add your "Kindle" to your Verizon/Sprint family plan and pay out the a55 for data every month?

http://astore.amazon.com/buy.cheap.amazon.kindle.ebook.reader-20

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