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At first it was just the 650s that were unavailable. Now it is the case with the 950s as well. Local retailers do not have any, aside from unsold items previously in stock. If you try to place an order for one from any major internet retailer, you will find they are out of stock and be told they are back ordered for a period time which seems to just keep increasing instead of decreasing.

The only place one may readily order these devices is from the Sony Style site itself.

In the scarcity of 650s and 950s, for those with more modest requirements, there are plenty of 350s still floating around out there, and their prices are slowly and quietly being pushed upward by retailers. (ah, the good old days when you could easily find one for $139.99...)

What could be behind this? Sony thought only the 350 would be a big seller, so underproduced the other models? Or maybe a major production fiasco?

Who knows, maybe the 350 is also headed toward "permanently backordered" status, just at a slower pace!