06-20-2008, 09:13 AM | #1 | |
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Sony Reader vs. Amazon Kindle - 5:1 for Sony?
My Spanish is rusty, but thanks to Google Translate I was able to decipher the following bit of news from El Mundo, the second largest daily in Spain (Sunday edition - June 15, 2008):
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I don't know where the journalist got these numbers from, but there are totally different from what I've heard elsewhere (where the suggested number of sold Kindles was a lot higher). |
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06-20-2008, 09:42 AM | #2 |
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I believe the Sony readers have been around a bit longer than Kindle (under a year old). I read that Kindle sales are more in the line of 10k monthly, not since interception. Also Sony is Worldwid while Kindle is only US. I know tha Amazon does not give out numbers and some are using screen production numbers as a base. Who knows.
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06-20-2008, 09:51 AM | #3 |
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Huh? While Sony might be a worldwide company, it only sell the Reader in the US (and canada in the last month or so), so the comparative market still stands i believe.
while I do agree, that the Sony has been around longer, which would give it an edge in total numbers sold, keep in mind that the sony is the only E-ink reader available in a retail store. A lot of people don't like to order some thing without first having a look at it. |
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Sony has had a showcase in Fry's for years.
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06-20-2008, 05:39 PM | #7 | |
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10,000 Kindles per month? hard to believe
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Borders is less than a mile from me. Fry's is a bit a drive but next time I'm out that way, I'll take a look.
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06-22-2008, 07:02 PM | #10 |
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I got my 505 at Target. Would have tried a Kindle but the 505 was easier to check out first..... And I love it.
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But people in other countries also have kindles, the point is they are both only *officially* sold in the US (and recently canada for sony) so if you buy it anywhere else you're not buying from an official reseller, thus Sony does not have to provide warranty or support.
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The Kindle, on the other hand, is sold only through Amazon and they won't ship it outside the USA. Moreover, the features that really makes it stand out from the crowd - the Amazon bookstore and wireless content delivery - cannot be used outside the USA, so there's really little point in owning a Kindle is you live elsewhere. |
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06-23-2008, 02:59 PM | #13 |
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Yes, what Harry said was basically my point.
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