Thread: Should Amazon sell Kindle service to Sony?
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Old 01-16-2008, 11:08 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic View Post
You forget that should Amazon sell their services to others, Sony & Co could always come up with updated devices that implement EVDO to support those services. While I don't know if it would make sense for Sony (as they have their own store trying to sell e-books), I can see a lot of smaller players, like iRex and HanLin embracing such a potential development.
Actually I don't think they should really. The size of Amazon's library is an advantage for the Kindle. I can't see Amazon giving that advantage away. Does Apple open itunes to its competitors? I'm not asking rhetorically, I actually don't know.

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