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Sorry, I didn't see this before.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

To the best of my knowledge Sony has its own bookstore. Just like Amazon. Just like BN. Just like Apple. Just like Kobo. So how is it that those e-readers are vehicles for a bookstore and the Sony is not?

And those bookstores are US only. They come with their own devices tailor made for those bookstores.

Maybe this article is shedding light onto what I said.

Playing for the globe

Why would Sony make such trade-offs between touch and connectivity? Sony is playing a global game and perhaps 3G and Wi-Fi just doesn’t matter as much in Spain, Japan and China. Haber in Sony’s statement reveals the company’s strategy.

Haber said that Sony is launching in “the countries we already serve” but also expanding into “previously untapped markets.” He added that Sony takes “a thoughtful approach to country expansion, including Italy, Spain, Australia, Japan and China, working with local bookstores to ensure content is compatible, relevant and in the appropriate language for each market.”

In the U.S. it won’t be hard to find techies to pan the Sony Reader trade-offs. How can a reader not have Wi-Fi?

However, there’s a big picture here—and its global.

The 950 and the bookstore are a special US thing, just to make business in the US. To us it does not mean anything.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Calling the Nook a vehicle to sell BN books is a bit silly. The Nook is by far the most versatile (sp) of the major e-readers out there. It can read books from BN, Sony, Kobo, and all of the smaller EPub stores without conversion or stripping DRM. The only major EPub store the Nook cannot read is Apples. That outshines the Sony which cannot read BN books at this time. Heck, a rooted Nook Color can be used to read e-books from Amazon as well as all the EPub stores that are not Apple.

Aha, silly. Hm, well. Please be so kind as to tell me why the Nook is the only device thats reads B&N books?

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

The Kindle is a great device with an amazing book store and can read non-DRMed Mobi books, which many independent e-book stores are selling. It cannot read EPub, which is a weakness, but that does not mean that it is awful.

Have I said it is awful?

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Sonys are priced based on the use of a full touchscreen and aluminum case that are more expensive then the Kindle, Nook, or Kobo. They are more expensive materials so the devices cost more. Not to mention that fewer Sonys are sold then Kindles and Nooks so there is an issue of economies of scale. Amazon and BN buy more raw materials then Sony so they get a better price so their e-readers cost less to build.

Now this is interesting. None of the companies gives out any sales numbers, but you claim to know who sells the most? And am I mistaken your 'imagined' numbers refer to the US market only? Sony is rumored to be the 2nd biggest seller worldwide and yes, there is a world outside the US! Actually there are 6 billion people in this world and only 310 million are Americans...

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

That does not make the Sony better, it makes the Sony different. Given that many people with Kindles, Nooks, and Kobos have devices that have held up to a travel, backpacking, camping, kids, pets, and many years of service with no damage to the device, I don't think the addition of the aluminim casing is worth the extra cost. My K1 has been to Australia, New Zealand, California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Wisconsin, on a series of car camping trips, and survived my backpack for well over 2 years now.

Since I don't want a touch screen and think that the casing is just added weight with no real extra protection, I am fine with my less expensive Kindle with a longer battery life, that holds more books, and gives me 3G connectivity thank you very much.

What makes you think I care if you want a touchscreen or not? I don't even know you and what you want or what not is not the least interesting for me and of no consequence for me at all.

Originally Posted by ProfCrash

Your desire to make the Sony sound like it is the bestest ereader in the whole entire universe is getting to be a bit silly and overblown.

Two or three times the word silly in one post. Looks like you have an inferiority complex and are lacking of a wide vocabulary. This is something you should work on, Prof.Crash. It sounds, uhm, a bit silly