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i forgot to say that it strains a bit of credulity to posit that amazon
is trying to using f.u.d. here to slow down the sony reader, because (a) amazon doesn't have credibility to begin with regarding hardware, and (b) sales of the sony reader have been spectacularly lackluster, so nobody's really afraid that it will soon "lock up the marketplace"... indeed, as soon as it appeared in reality (as opposed to in the press, where every coming machine is believed to be the next best thing), people consigned it to the dust-bin and started looking elsewhere... and the hype-masters are sure to satisfy that techno-wanderlust, too. here we are, one week from the end of spring, and david rothman has come out with a new entry on his teleblawg, pitching the rumor that the kindle will be released "this fall". some people never learn. maybe you think i'm talking about rothman? well, maybe i am, or maybe i'm talking about the fools who believe his rumor-mongering. -bowerbird |
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I was looking on Fry's website today and they list it as sold out. That's actually good.
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Do you mean "End of Sale" or really "End of Product Line".?!!?!!?
Could it be that Fry's will drop the Sony or is there a possible successor in the works? Ahhh! Gossip... what would we write without it! |
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I don't know. Does a boojum have more of a sense of humor than a common snark? (Snarks are notoriously humorless, after all.) And some threads (I won't say posters) could do with softly and suddenly vanishing away. Particularly those which have long since expired but are suddenly revived by the insertion of frumious remarks.
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I'd say that Boojums are likely less good humored than regular Snarks, but I've never met one, myself, nor do I know anyone who has.
I find it's easier just to shun such manxsome threads, makes life much more frabjous, don't you think? |
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Oh! That's not good news for Sony... unless there's a newbie somewhere!!?!!
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The only plus Sony had last year was the Reader. batteries and PS3 really took them down hard...
And looks like Wii just went past 8million units... With PS3 under 4... |
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I read this bizarre blog post the other day in which a self-described "hard core gamer" was bemoaning the popularity of the wii because it was encouraging people to buy game consoles and games who never had before, which was further encouraging developers to make games for "casual gamers" and "grandmas" (his words, not mine), rather than the kinds of games he preferred. As if the game market couldn't use a big shakeup so we could see something other than first-person shooters and massively multiplayer killfests for a change....
Do red tags ever mean the item is a refurb? Otherwise, it sounds like Fry's is dropping the PRS. I had thought all the Fry's were in CA, but I just looked at the list and there are some east of the Mississippi, though not many. Does Borders still allegedly carry them? |
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