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Plastic Logic e-reader will use AT&T net, just like iPhone: Network overload issues?
July 22, 2009 | 7:42 am
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By David Rothman
The new Plastic Logic e-reader, the one to be sold by Barnes & Noble among others, will use the AT&T net for 3G wireless downloading of e-books, according to the Wall Street Journal and PaidContent.
So what will this mean? An even more overloaded AT&T data network—already struggling on occasions with the burden from the iPhone? More positively, the Plastic Logic arrangement will be international thanks to the GSM tech in use, and WiFi alternatives will be available in certain hotspots, not just your office or home.
Related: Plastic Logic news release and Fox News video interview with Daren Benzi, vice president of business development at Plastic Logic, who, alas, still isn’t giving out price info.
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Any idea on pricing? I’m concerned because Plastic Logic touts the device as being for businesses and whn companies do that, it means a higher price than consumers would be willing to pay.
Hi, Rich. In the past there was speculation that the PL machine might compete against the Kindle price, but much has changed since then at the Amazon end, if nothing else.
As for the “being for business” stuff, yes, that could be a hint of a high price.
But then again, Plastic Logic would like to penetrate the newspaper-reader market.
So in the end, it’s really tough to know what the devil the company now has in mind in the pricing area.
Thanks,
David
So it will have two-way communication, like the Kindle?