Nothin' gets 'em going like The Other Boleyn Girl! I suppose an e-book reader can't really have a "killer ap," but I swear it seems like Sony is doing everything they can not to sell this thing. The official website for the Reader still shows the 500 model, and the only links on that site to buy the reader (all one of them) still go to the PRS-500's page on the SonyStyle website, which is just a blank white page now.
This is actually even worse than it was a month ago when they had two links to that page, which actually did show up, but listed the PRS-500 as being unavailable and had no links to the order page of the newer model. It only took me 20 minutes to find a way to send some sort of generalized feedback form (which very clearly informed me that I would not be getting a reply) so that I could let them know about this. It looks like something may have gotten through, as they went and removed the flash movie menu bar at the top that had a "Buy Now" link in it. I guess some web designer at Sony solves the problem of misdirected links by making sure that there aren't any working links at all.
Like I said, it really seems like Sony is doing everything they can to not sell this product. While the Kindle's release should have been a kick in the ass, it really seems like it's just terrible business practices as usual. Instead of constructing a giant version of the 505, they should have updated their website with pictures of the current model and working links to the product purchase page. On that off chance that somebody from Sony is actually on here reading the opinions of its most dedicated fan base, I'm officially telling you to get your act together!
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