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Originally Posted by Kingston
Yes they will continue to support the old readers, but you can bet your booties that Sony will be a fond memory in the ereader sweepstakes within 5-7 years.
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I'm not sure they will support anything 5-7 years after they release it. Take a look at the PRS-505's non-replaceable battery. This is NOT meant to last a lifetime.
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Originally Posted by Kingston
I am a Kindle owner
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LMAO! You depend on a cell phone network, and then claim the Sony might be obsolete!
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Originally Posted by Kingston
Bottom line: Sony's ereader division is a tiny portion of this great companies revenue. Bezos and Amazon have a much greater stake in making the Kindle a long term winner. Sony can bow out gracefully in a few years, just as they did with their TiVo and WebTV. They will probably offer a Reader for years to come, but don't expect them to fight a losing battle against Amazon when it is not in Sony's best financial interest to do so.
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Now, I am a college professor at a business school, but I would never evaluate a product based on the will power of a CEO, or the market segment they might occupy in the future. That's silly. It's like buying an inferior Dell laptop instead of a great Lenovo laptop because you like what you read about Michael Dell in Newsweek.
I bought a reader that lets me read documents in the open formats that I use. The PRS-505 does that, while the Kindle does not. (I did not consider DRMed formats or books available directly from either company.)
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Originally Posted by Kingston
I hope you Sony owners don't take post as an insult. Just an historical review. I got plenty upset when it became apparent that my beloved Betamax was not going to survive against the more popular VHS format. It's still a "better" VCR, for what it's worth. But it is a museum piece, whereas VHS is still around almost 30 years later.
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My laserdisc player still works, and "Logan's Run" still looks better on laserdisc. I buy ONLY items that are able to work without depending on digital locks and DRM, therefore, I am not shut down when someone decides to pull the plug at corporate.
Andy