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Originally Posted by jswinden
Wow, a lot of internet buzz over a SINGLE, UNCONFIRMED, and QUESTIONABLE article from the Sony Insider.
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Yes, I agree. There has been only one rumor, and an unreliable one at best. So, there's no reason to blow it into a big "news", as there has been no news, really. But the tech blogs like to speculate, that's how they develop the buzz...
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Originally Posted by jswinden
If they do replace the 300, their last remaining non-touchscreen reader, with a touchscreen model, they will probably exit the reader business whether they intend to or not. If they are smart, they will re-introduce a 6" non-touchscreen model.
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You sound like one of those people who like to predict Sony's demise based on their using touchscreen technology in their readers. However, the touchscreen may be their only way to differentiate themselves from the other readers out there. The current Sony Readers are not nearly as "horrible" as you seem to believe, and the touchscreen technologies are not frozen in time either. That is not to say that Sony will not use the same touchscreen in all the new models that everyone likes to complain about. We simply don't know yet.
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Originally Posted by jswinden
Get rid of that crappy garbage that is developed in Flash and hire some real programmers to get it fixed.
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The Sony eBook Store interface is not developed in Flash.
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Until Sony puts their corporate weight behind it and shows they are truly committed to readers and ebooks, they won't be a serious competitor.
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And since when is 10% or less of the market share considered a crown?  |
They are a serious competitor already. They have been in this market longer than anybody else including the maker of your own ebook reader(s). And 10% or less market share - where did you get
that from? Sources? I
think they a quite a bit more than 10% in the U.S., and much more than 10% in the world.