[Prestidigitweeze]

While it's true that Reader death in the States doesn't necessarily mean death throughout the world, a price difference of over a hundred dollars for fewer features seems difficult to justify to average consumers (not necessarily to us).

I really like the abundance of language dictionaries in Sony readers as well, but I don't know that I'd pay >$100 for them before exploring the options for add-on dictionaries in a rooted Android reader.

With the right reader, you might even be able to install the French-German and Spanish-German dictionaries you'd prefer. Perhaps a next-gen Android-based Reader from Sony would allow that as well.

Mind you, I'm not talking about the viability of the current Sony lineup. I'm talking about their future lineup (as the title of the thread suggests).