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Alisa · 10-03-2007, 10:28 PM

And lets not forget the Amazon launch. If Amazon has a strong showing and is using .mobi that can be really good for the Cybook if the quality/feature/price balance stacks up favorably to the Kindle. However, if the impression is that the quality and support aren't there or if it's not going to available pretty soon people might stop considering Cybook in the equation. Then it becomes a Sony + Connect vs. Kindle + Amazon decision for most folks.

I'm one of those people who has been chomping at the bit for my first reader. My smartphone doesn't cut it. I want to pull the trigger on this soon. I know I don't NEED to but I think you're alluding to a pretty strong momentum that a lot of us are feeling right now pulling us along. I could wait for a few months. I could wait for the new HanLins. I could wait a long time. But I've got an itchy trigger finger right now.

10-03-2007, 10:28 PM	#27
Alisa Gadget Geek Posts: 2,324 Karma: 22221 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Paperwhite, Kindle 3 (retired), Skindle 1.2 (retired)	And lets not forget the Amazon launch. If Amazon has a strong showing and is using .mobi that can be really good for the Cybook if the quality/feature/price balance stacks up favorably to the Kindle. However, if the impression is that the quality and support aren't there or if it's not going to available pretty soon people might stop considering Cybook in the equation. Then it becomes a Sony + Connect vs. Kindle + Amazon decision for most folks. I'm one of those people who has been chomping at the bit for my first reader. My smartphone doesn't cut it. I want to pull the trigger on this soon. I know I don't NEED to but I think you're alluding to a pretty strong momentum that a lot of us are feeling right now pulling us along. I could wait for a few months. I could wait for the new HanLins. I could wait a long time. But I've got an itchy trigger finger right now.