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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Unless Kobo has a bug free version of ADE on the new Touch model, Kobo is the one that will have to eat crow. Given the remaining bugs in the original Kobo and the wifi Kobo, Sony has nothing to worry about.
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Sony just posted a three *billion* dollar loss and are being priced out of the market. I'd say they have a lot to worry about. (And yes, I realize those were due to other matters, but the cumulative effect is undeniable.)
I have a brother and sister who both have Sonys. One got it free from work, and the other got it as a gift that several people pooled together to buy for him. He never would have paid the over $250 price tag that it is here in Canada (and you can no longer even get the 6" model here.)
Sony has said in the past that they have no intention of joining a race to the bottom. With less expensive models coming out all the time that do the same thing (both the Kobo Touch and the new Nook), I'd say they definitely have a lot to worry about. Your average person doesn't know a thing about ADE bugs. (Hell, I do, and I *love* my Kobo!) I know my three siblings (the third has a Kobo because she bought an eReader on her own and couldn't afford the ridiculous price of a Sony) have no idea about any of that stuff. And as for not having features like an MP3 player - my brother is a huge fan of audio books, but he doesn't use his Sony for that. He uses his iPod.