Comment Too late, too big, too expensive, no market (Score 2, Insightful) 167
As someone who reads books almost exclusively on my handheld device (10 years of Palm, now Windows Mobile), I don't see what the point of this is.
As it is today, with a good-sized SDRam, I can carry all the books I own in my pocket for easy access, anytime, anywhere.
If I want to carry around a bulky device to read books, I already have a notebook PC, which includes MUCH MORE capability than this silly thing. And at todays insanely low hardware prices, $825 will get me TWO notebooks, or even a pretty-decent gamer portable.
And especially considering that the ebook market is tiny on top of the above, who do they expect to buy this?
If Microsoft can't get it done, these guys sure won't
As it is today, with a good-sized SDRam, I can carry all the books I own in my pocket for easy access, anytime, anywhere.
If I want to carry around a bulky device to read books, I already have a notebook PC, which includes MUCH MORE capability than this silly thing. And at todays insanely low hardware prices, $825 will get me TWO notebooks, or even a pretty-decent gamer portable.
And especially considering that the ebook market is tiny on top of the above, who do they expect to buy this?
If Microsoft can't get it done, these guys sure won't
