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Originally Posted by Harmon
I think I'm going to try to leverage the Christmas gift inquiries from my wife, the Best Buy sales, and a Sony 75 buck rebate on my 505 into a new 950.
For one thing, I just like the look & feel of the 950. For another, I might investigate the public library lending feature. I might have to adjust my reading habits but if the library has free books I want to read, I might be able to do that...
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Harmon, I went from the Sony 505 (which I have given to my wife) to the 950 and would never go back. The 950 is great in every way except one: I think Sony has blown it by not including in the firmware the capability to natively read B&N DRMed ebooks. Granted it is easy enough to strip, but I think Sony needs to recognize that in ultimately, in the United States, there will be 3 primary ebooksellers -- Amazon, B&N, and Kobo -- and the Sony ebookstore will not survive.
I don't think Sony can be beaten yet on the hardware, but it sure needs to be more price competitive.