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Originally Posted by EowynCarter
lock in ?
Peaple having a sony reader can get from any store that sells epub with no drm, or adept. That is, the vast majority of existing stores 
Sony had an habit of making proprietary stuff, but they have mostly drooped it. At least they came to their scene, other didn't. |
Yes, if you have a Reader you can buy books elsewhere. That's not the lockin. The lockin is that, having bought and paid for the books, you can't read them anywhere except on the Sony Reader.
If I buy a Kindle book for a Kindle, I can read it using the Kindle app on my iPad, PC, mac or whatever. B&N and others are on the same path.
Sony? Read it on your Sony device or don't read it.
That's a definition of lockin.
Of course, Sony is rubbish at doing software, so even if they did come out with an iPad app, we'd probably be in a world of pain