Thread: Sony thinks quality will win out (for them)
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Old 08-02-2010, 05:32 PM   #91
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Originally Posted by jcatl View Post
Sony, the Black Knight of e-reader manufacturers (Monty Python reference).

There will be a lightly used PRS-900 up for sale in the near future - not sure if a K3 will replace it as I want to see how the rest of the market reacts. I'm sitting in a condo at the beach and was really getting into my book when the lighting changed (clouds went away and sun came out) and after that I just got frustrated shifting around, moving the Mighty Bright this way and that, to no avail (I'm indoors, it's 115F heat index right now). I've stopped using the touch features except to look up a definition now and again, and so the continuous struggle to find a suitable reading position is a frustrating deal-breaker. I'm over it.

Sony talks as if they have some upper hand on quality, and sure, the unit is probably more solid than a Kindle but so what? My experience with it has sucked. It starts and ends with the quality of the screen. But I could go on . . . Being tied to Sony's horrible bookstore at what feels like dial-up speeds is also a huge problem for me.

I toyed with returning it the day after I bought it and regret that I didn't when I had the chance. It's amazing that everyone here raves about their 505's yet Sony seems to just not get it. I'll be surprised if they don't come out with a non-touch reader in the very near future, unless they just surrender the e-reader market to Amazon, Apple and B&N. I suppose it's possible they could release one with the Wacom panel but I'll believe it when I see it - they seem fairly flat-footed in this market.

Frankly a Sony with the Daily Reader features minus the touchscreen but with Wi-Fi would be a keeper at the K3's pricing. Time to step up or bow out, Sony.
They are "done - son"

I laugh at that saying becuase my son always says it after he blows up someone in a game - I was trying to remember it the other day and said "you are "over - mister". (he laughed for 3 minutes straight) So now he says that instead, because he thought it was so funny that I was so lame to get it wrong

any way Sony you are "over - mister"
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