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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Has to be the Kindle because of mentioning high-priced. The 505 is cheaper then the Gen3 and the Kindle so in that case, it's not high-priced vs the Gen3.
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Um, the example was "closed model, weak catalog, high-priced device." The Kindle isn't totally closed (it takes .mobi/.prc files, .azw files, txt files and has a free conversion service for other formats). It has a very large catalog and is adding more everyday. And didn't they buy mobipocket? So it's not totally unreasonable to think that that the Kindle would eventually support DRM'd mobi files. It is expensive, but it's the wireless that adds the expense, and the other readers (except the iliad?!) don't have that.
I have to lean towards the idea that they are talking about the Sony in their example. I could be wrong though. Hey I'm usually wrong!
I think that mobi is sort of the de facto standard for ebooks and by Sony not embracing that (so far) is a mistake. Maybe even a deadly mistake on their part.