I personally have a $300 imaginary price level for a device with tablet-like functionality, and my eyes nearly popped out of its sockets when I saw that the Galaxy Tab was in the neighborhood of $600.
Now, I don't think the Cruz Reader is the perfect solution, and in some respect that's because Android 2.0 is not meant to be used on tablet/readers. But when e-readers running Android Gingerbread are available, I think they're going to severely undercut the high-end tablets from HP, Samsung and Apple. Or even the current Android tablet from Archos (Archos 70) priced at $275 could sell well, if only it wasn't so ugly.
And with some irony, I think the color e-reader on Android will end up eating the tablet market, rather than the tablet eating up the notebook or netbook markets.
7" Cruz Reader |
Archos 70 7" tablet |
7" Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet |
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