Comments on: IRex challenges Sony and Kindle in growing U.S. e-reader market http://blog.pressdisplay.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/ www.pressdisplay.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:04:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Gayle Moss http://blog.pressdisplay.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14372 Gayle Moss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:16:41 +0000 http://pressdisplay.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14372 Hi Andy If you have an unlimited subscription, you will be charged for a connectivity fee based on the size of the paper. That's because when you buy the new iRex, you don't pay for any data plan at that time. The final pricing is TBD, but we're expecting it to be anywhere between 15 cents and a dollar per title. I would recommend that you use the USB connection as often as possible as it is free for unlimited subsribers on that device because you aren't using the Verizon network. Also, with the USB connection, the quality of the paper on the device is better, with a higher zoom quality. That's because we don't have to compress the data like we do over the air. Hope that helps. When we have the final details on the pricing, we'll publish them on the blog. And yes, the iRex counts as one of the 3 devices on which you can have PressReader installed under your plan. So you can have a PC, a mobile device and the iRex, for example. Gayle Hi Andy
If you have an unlimited subscription, you will be charged for a connectivity fee based on the size of the paper. That’s because when you buy the new iRex, you don’t pay for any data plan at that time. The final pricing is TBD, but we’re expecting it to be anywhere between 15 cents and a dollar per title. I would recommend that you use the USB connection as often as possible as it is free for unlimited subsribers on that device because you aren’t using the Verizon network. Also, with the USB connection, the quality of the paper on the device is better, with a higher zoom quality. That’s because we don’t have to compress the data like we do over the air. Hope that helps. When we have the final details on the pricing, we’ll publish them on the blog.

And yes, the iRex counts as one of the 3 devices on which you can have PressReader installed under your plan. So you can have a PC, a mobile device and the iRex, for example.
Gayle

]]> By: Andy http://blog.pressdisplay.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14362 Andy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:01:11 +0000 http://pressdisplay.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14362 If I get the new Irex reader that has verizon service, will I be able to download as many newspapers for free as I want if I have an unlimited subscription? If I get the new Irex reader that has verizon service, will I be able to download as many newspapers for free as I want if I have an unlimited subscription?

]]> By: Andy http://blog.pressdisplay.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14333 Andy Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:11:03 +0000 http://pressdisplay.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/irex-challenges-sony-and-kindle-in-growing-u-s-e-reader-market-international-herald-tribune-24-sep-2009-page-16/#comment-14333 On the new Irex reader that bestbuy will sell for $449 (seems it went up from original $399.) will I be able to download as many newspapers from an unlimited account as I want? Or will there be charges from verizon for each download? Or will there be limits on how many papers I can download? And will the new Irex count as one of the PCs (the limit is 3 I believe) or as one of the mobile devices? (Which is another separate 3 devices). On the new Irex reader that bestbuy will sell for $449 (seems it went up from original $399.) will I be able to download as many newspapers from an unlimited account as I want? Or will there be charges from verizon for each download? Or will there be limits on how many papers I can download? And will the new Irex count as one of the PCs (the limit is 3 I believe) or as one of the mobile devices? (Which is another separate 3 devices).

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