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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
I dunno, I suspect Sony is in serious trouble.
AFAIK they don't have apps for iPhones, iPads or Android. Their software has always been problematic, and their competitors have largely bypassed the clunky intermediary software.
I expect they will continue to make ebook readers for some time, and it's extremely difficult to evaluate since there aren't a lot of hard numbers, but I don't think they are a major player anymore.
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Of course they don't have apps for anything else, they make what money they are getting from the ebook market from selling their hardware and that is why they are not jumping into this prce cutting nor bringing out an app for another platform. Don't forget, that outside of north america they have only launched hardware and left it to local companies to deal with the content.
If anyone was going to bring ADE support to other platforms then it would be Adobe rather than a hardware maker like sony.
Sony is going to stay in this market as long as they can make money from the hardware, in the future that could mean they become less of a standalone option and become more of a premium option for b&n or even license the right to make kindle hardware if amazon eventually goes down that route to expand the range of e-ink products that they can sell their books on in a manner that would match their tactics on phones and tablets so far.