June 22, 2010 at 18:50Barnes & Noble vs Amazon - hurray hurray price war?
Today it became known that after Barnes & Noble reduced the price of the Nook reader, Amazon lowered the price by $ 70. The Kindle now costs $ 189, and is ten dollars cheaper than its comparable Nook.
The cheaper Kindle and Nook are now in the same price segment with Kobo readers from Borders ($ 150) and Sony Reader Pocket Edition ($ 199). However, neither Kobo nor Sony Reader Pocket Edition have a bvt.n 3G module and require downloading to a computer to download content, so it’s difficult to consider them as rivals.
In general, the price war that has begun, we, as users, cannot but rejoice. True, it is also worth considering such a moment: if the price reduction on the Kindle was provoked by the pricing policy of Barnes & Noble, then globally the market is under strong pressure from tablets and, first of all, the Apple iPad. Given that the starting price for the multifunctional iPad is $ 499, and Android tablets will debut at an even lower price, it would be very difficult for Amazon and Barnes & Noble to justify the old price for their readers.
via pcworld.com
The cheaper Kindle and Nook are now in the same price segment with Kobo readers from Borders ($ 150) and Sony Reader Pocket Edition ($ 199). However, neither Kobo nor Sony Reader Pocket Edition have a bvt.n 3G module and require downloading to a computer to download content, so it’s difficult to consider them as rivals.
In general, the price war that has begun, we, as users, cannot but rejoice. True, it is also worth considering such a moment: if the price reduction on the Kindle was provoked by the pricing policy of Barnes & Noble, then globally the market is under strong pressure from tablets and, first of all, the Apple iPad. Given that the starting price for the multifunctional iPad is $ 499, and Android tablets will debut at an even lower price, it would be very difficult for Amazon and Barnes & Noble to justify the old price for their readers.
via pcworld.com