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03-30-2009, 12:12 PM | #1 | |
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The e-book challenge: Sony Reader PRS-700 takes on Amazon's Kindle 2
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...&source=NLT_AM
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03-30-2009, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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I almost bought the Sony but the screen and its contrast turned me off to it... so I got the Kindle
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03-30-2009, 06:18 PM | #3 |
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It hardly seems fair that he dinged the Sony for not being able to get Michael Chabon's Yiddish Policemen's Union. You can't get that for the Kindle, either.
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03-30-2009, 06:50 PM | #4 |
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I'd say Sony is going to give Amazon a hell of a fight. They know how to take over a market over time.
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03-30-2009, 06:56 PM | #5 |
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I have to say (whether you are serious or not) they are doing a damn good job considering the small amount of marketing they do for the device. They got the device in a major bookstore, advertized in major cities (where there are tons of commuters), and have been advertizing on reading blogs. Low level but high impact stuff.
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03-30-2009, 07:15 PM | #6 |
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interesting comparison ; i like that the reviewer seems to manage to avoid the hype and gives a very straightforward review.
while the sony / amazon dichotomy is an obvious one actually there are quite a lot of upcoming devices which look great. i think actually it's better to have choices ; the more there are the better it is for ebooks in general and i'm happy to see more and more people discovering ebooks. (oh, and it was great to see feedbooks mentioned. now somebody just needs to tell that guy about calibre. ) |
03-30-2009, 07:25 PM | #7 |
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Yes; also tell him that the screen's not backlit. You cannot backlight e-ink - it's opaque.
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03-30-2009, 07:26 PM | #8 |
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I think that both devices in general are going to face steep competition. There is a lot of great hardware on the way, and I think these devices are only going to continue improving.
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03-30-2009, 07:47 PM | #9 |
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Actually, Sony has been struggling the past couple of years. They're forecasting a FY2009 loss of over 2 billion dollars, and their Playstation is getting hammered by the Wii and Xbox. I hope they make it through these tough times because I really like their products.
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03-30-2009, 08:14 PM | #11 | |
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Even though Sony as a company is having a hard time (but most are right now), my point is the 505 is doing fairly well. And for fun, Sony's stock info: 20.75 -1.52 (-6.83%) Mar 30 - Close Open 21.23 High 22.27 Prev close - Low 20.49 52wk high 52.36 Vol 2.49M 52wk low 15.64 Avg vol 2.31M Mkt cap 20.82B Dividend 0.21 P/E ratio 22.53 Beta 1.45 Shares 1.00B Div yield 2.05 EPS 0.92 Inst own 12% |
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03-31-2009, 11:43 AM | #12 |
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Sony is doing well, to me, despite being up against the 800 lb gorilla of book sales. The Kindle has public awareness. Sony's readers do not. That's my experience in the wild. I get asked, "is that one of those Kindles?" frequently when spotted reading my Sony.
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03-31-2009, 01:06 PM | #13 |
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I don't think it made enough of the content question. Sony reader is a nice piece of tech, but who cares if you can't get the books you want?
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03-31-2009, 01:55 PM | #14 | |
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I may be wrong, but my understanding was that there are very few books that can only be read on a Kindle. I understand that more books, in raw numbers, are available at the Kindle store than at the Sony store, but for my buying, at least half of all the ebooks I have bought have been from somewhere other than the Sony store. |
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03-31-2009, 02:40 PM | #15 |
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The only books I've noticed that I couldn't get elsewhere were .tpz books but then they're usually the only ones I try to find elsewhere.
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