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I was in the market for an eReader and couldn't decide between the Kindle 3 and the Sony PRS-650. When I decided on the Sony, I quickly found that they are pretty non-existent in the wild, unless you want to pay a lot more on eBay or Amazon. I called the local Sony Style store and was told that there was a problem with the company that makes the E-Ink which effected the Sony stock and some of the Kindles as well (not sure if that is even remotely true).

So while I was checking out the Sony Store online for the 50th time, the 650 stock changed from Out of Stock to In Stock and shipping tomorrow before my eyes. I quickly added it my cart and tried to purchase it, but got an error that it was in fact, Out of Stock. Boo. Called the Sony Store and the rep saw the same thing, even trying to add it to my cart to no avail. Because of the inconvenience, he offered to sell me the 950 for $250+Free 3 day shipping. I asked if he could match the 650 price since that was what I wanted, and he did one better, beating the 650 price. So, I got the PRS-950 for $227+tax, direct from Sony. Got my shipping confirmation and Fed Ex will be delivering it on Saturday.

Searching for a case I was once again annoyed to find that cases for the 950 are few and far between. Even harder is finding one that isn't real leather. I've looked at several that have been mentioned on these forums and there are a few decent options, mostly made for the Kindle, but all seem to be leather. Does anyone know if the "leather" on some of them is synthetic? The prices seem to be pretty cheap on a few to be real leather, but the company descriptions aren't too forthcoming.