Engadget has opened voting (http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/the-2006-engadget-awards-vote-for-handheld-of-the-year/) for the 2006 handheld of the year award. It's time to stand up and be recognized! Even though the Reader has been well-received and exceeded expectations, the mainstream press might make you think that the Sony Reader can't get any votes. Not true!

The Sony Reader is doing pretty well - even if only in third place at the moment. It's up against the Microsoft/Intel publicity machine - with some highly publicized UMPCs, backed by Bill and gang. Yet the Sony Reader has started out strong.

Here's our chance to publicly demonstrate how many people care about e-book readers, and indicate that there's a real market to be reached with new products like the Reader. So how about adding your vote to show them we care, and see if we can bump that total up just a bit!

What are you waiting for? Cast your vote here (http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/12/the-2006-engadget-awards-vote-for-handheld-of-the-year/) with a simple click! Voting ends April 15th, 2007.

Thanks to kenbaldwin for spotting (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10360) the news!

Interesting as one-half of the entries are from Sony. At the time I cast my vote the Reader was in 5th place but the space between 1st and 5th was not a lot.

Voted for the reader but the Vaio was indeed very tempting! :)

Vote Early and Vote Often! <g>

It appears to 'tell' who you are by your IP address .... :wink:

Well, now up to 3rd place. We're close to second but the leader is far ahead.

I went and placed my vote for the reader. :)

Count +1 for the Reader with my vote ;)

another vote and still in third, dang. gotta find another internet cafe to vote again.

Another vote for the reader.

Already voted earlier. Happy to see the Reader doing so well with the competition.

Know what! Even if the reader does not win it is still up there in the top class!

I can still vividly remember the snubnosed remarks that used to dot the Engadget site, posting the reader as a failure.

This is really a sign of the strength of the ebook. When you look through the negative comments pertaining to the demise of ebook reading devices, you can feel the presence, the workings of a big unstoppable machine, the ebook is here to stay!

It is a very positive note that it was selected as one of the top six to be voted for.

Hey did you all see this? Another reader!!!

http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedpro/v8detail.asp

It's come up (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=101), on occasion (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=101). :wink:

Hasn't been much actual movement on it yet, though (in almost a year). :sad:

Hey did you all see this? Another reader!!!

http://www.jinke.com.cn/compagesql/English/embedpro/v8detail.aspIts been in the MobileRead Wiki eInk eBook Readers Matrix (http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix) as long as I've been here. I have never seen one in captivity though. :D

LOL, well as you can see I don't get around much up in wiki.... :wall:

It's got it's own forum (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=101) here too. :grin:

well just rub it in NatCH <BEG>

Just makin' you feel at home, Karen, just making you feel at home. :mad:

LOL, thanks........... there's no place like home, there's no place like home :heart:

That's ok Karen!

We all do this at one time. There's a positive side to this although, it proves you think of us and want to share. :thumbsup:

Looks like the Reader finished in a very strong 3rd place, ahead of a top UMPC (the Asus R2H) and way ahead of the Pepper Pad 3. In fact, it was amazingly only a few percentage points behind the Samsung Q1P.

Thanks to everyone who participated! It will be interesting to see the Engadget take on the results.

2006 Handheld of the Year Voting Results:

* Asus R2H 797 (13.2%)
* Pepper Pad 3 256 (4.2%)
* Samsung Q1P 1175 (19.4%)
* Sony Mylo 702 (11.6%)
* Sony Reader PRS-500 975 (16.1%)
* Sony VAIO UX280P 2148 (35.5%)

The other odd thing, Bob, is that the site is still letting people vote (I'm assuming they don't count, and/or Eng already posted the results.) Reader is still in 3rd place, but now has over a thousand votes.

In some ways, though, this poll was like asking "What's your favorite mode of transportation: BMW, Mercedes, Ford, Hummer, Learjet, or tricycle?"

Didn't keep me from voting, though, even if a little late...

What? A skewed poll? In this day and age? I'm shocked, I tell you. Shocked! ;-)