Blind Bargains: Humanware Releases Victor Stream 3.1

Well, the Booksense is a bit pricey for what it is, plus the battery life isn't all that impressive at up to 12 hours when you consider the other book players. Personally, if I were in the market for one of these, I'd wait just a bit longer to see how the Bookport Plus shapes up before jumping in and buying one. Also, the Plextalk Pocket is supposed to get Wifi download capabilities in the next firmware release, and given that the Bookport Plus is just the Plextalk with a different firmware such functions might come to that unit as well. I, personally, wouldn't dream of spending around $350 for one of these, but then again with Kobo plus Stanza on my iPhone as well as a Rockbox-loaded player for my Audiobooks which I encode to ogg from the original CDs, I really don't need one. I'd probably get one if the price was a little more reasonable. They don't need to be as expensive as they are, the price could easily drop down $100-$150 and dropping the price would be a great way for these other companies to undercut Humanware. Instead they've actually made their devices *more* expensive. I don't get it. It'll be interesting to see what price, exactly, the Bookport Plus will go for.