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Originally Posted by jswinden
I like my 350, and I liked most of the sony readers I've owned. (Although the 600 and 900 sucked due to their fuzzy screens.) However, given their track record in the USA market I'll never buy another one. This last round of readers were difficult to find as were their accessories. I don't see that changing.
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Ah, but the rigors of locating a sale-priced Sony Reader and aesthetic/practical accessories are as tantalizing to some as they are repugnant to you.
It isn't a matter of Sony being a superior company -- they've been known to make shoddy and pointlessly restrictive products as well as masterpieces of innovation -- it's a matter of their being good at this particular thing.
However, I'm not going to claim that a reader is exceptionally well made until I actually hold it in my hands. Sony could decide to use cheaper materials at any point, like any other profit-driven company.