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  • Browsing the ereader aisle with the Motley Fool

    My husband follows the maverick financial advisors Motley Fool (two brothers whose parents taught them about the stock market when they were teens), so I was interested this morning when they cropped up on Publisher’s Martplace’s Publisher’s Lunch writing about the Kindle. I looked them up and found an article from December, 2007, blasting Amazon for the Kindle’s $399 pricetag and the disingenious marketing technique of claiming to have sold out in six hours. They predicted the Kindle price would be slashed to $199. Going price right now? $265. So they were 3/4 right, which is pretty good when you’re prophecizing on a brand-new phenomenon from a major industry player. Of course, we all know all about the Kindle now. . .but in December 2007 it was still just St. Elmo’s Fire.

    But while we’re with them, let’s read the Motley Fools’ expert opinions on such ereaders as the iPad. The Kindle vs. iPad. The Nook. Sony & Sony. Google’s GPad. The Courier from behemoths Microsoft/Hewlett-Packard. And. . .Nintendo?

    Are they right? Are they insane? And are there other ereaders out there they haven’t covered yet?

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2 Responses to “Browsing the ereader aisle with the Motley Fool”

  1. jefro said on March 24th, 2010 at 12:03 pm

    Nintendo? BWAHAHAHA

    If the iPad is considered an e-reader, then all other tablet PCs probably should be as well:

    WePad (whee!)
    iWonder
    HP slate
    Archos tablets
    Always Innovating TouchBook
    Enzo ZenPad
    any of the other 50-odd Android-based tablets coming out this year

    Even the Huffington Post is chattering about tablets. Maybe we will be in the future someday after all?

  2. Victoria said on March 24th, 2010 at 12:38 pm

    Wait—how did Holo-Jimmy from NewsRadio not make it into that Gizmodo video?

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