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New delay?
Hi!
I just came across this: http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C8849/ It says that the Sony Reader is delayed at least to the end of the year. ![]() |
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Not again! Do they want me to buy an iLiad or what?
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Nothing new here:
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I thought it supposed to be released around October, but this sounds more like December.
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I disagree with the magazine's guess about the cause of the delay; we know working models of this thing have gotten into some reviewer's hands; cnet did a piece on it, and John Dvorak had one in an installment of Cranky Geeks.
I will bet dollars for donuts that content for the Connect store, or the software for the store itself, is the issue. |
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I think we should take what these guys say well-salted -- note that they claim there are "no specific hints as to the eventual retail price." Well, I suppose that Sony's SRP of $350 does qualify as more of a flat-out statement than a hint, but if they're that inattentive....
I'd guess that they saw that the summer update e-mail says "in time for the Holidays" and decided that that means the end of the year. Maybe the only holiday they're aware of is New Year's Eve? ![]() I've found indications that the date PC Magazine mentioned (end of October) is the more reliable time-frame. BTW, I've also seen some suggestion that the August date was colonically generated by Sony Style (the division that controls the website , rather than coming from Sony Electronics (the division that is actually making the Reader), and that the October was more in line with Sony Electronic's plan. I can't tell though if the spring to fall change was something similar, or was a genuine delay. (shrug) I think it was a genuine delay, given the indications that I mentioned earlier that they appear to be doing some sort of QA double-check. While I've seen where rmeister0's suspicion of the Connect Store came from, and I respect his thinking on that (even find it somewhat compelling), I haven't been able to find any other indication that the Connect Store might be the issue. Course that could just mean that I haven't found any other indication. ![]() |
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"Colonically generated".
Snicker. I like that one. |
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On the other hand, now I can tell users that they have a wet-ware problem and it never occurs to them that I'm saying they messed up. ![]() It's all about the trade-offs. |
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