[mgwerner]

After reading the reviews, and looking at the pictures and video, I must say that I am not impressed. Sony has bowed to the demands of the sheep, and lowered the quality of their, once fine, product.

I've owned a 500, a 505, and now a 650. The 650 is a great piece of tech - solid, dependable, clear, enough storage, long battery. It was not broken, and I wish they had not tried to "fix" it by adding in iJunk features.

Someone in this thread stated that "everyone" was asking for Wi-Fi. Untrue. My colleagues who own readers do not want, and can't use Wi-Fi. We use Calibre for our books, and get them from all over, not from the Sony Store.

Plastic? I have always loved the solidity of a metal piece of tech gear. Plastic is cheap, and, as someone else stated in this thread, will wear on the edges and look worn very quickly.

Multi-touch? Who cares. This is not an iPad or an iPhone. Not even close. Too bad Sony felt the need to try to take some market share from Apple.

I want a reader to read books on. Not to browse, to look up Wikipedia, etc. When I am on a plane, reading a paperback, I don't suddenly wish I could play a game on it, or make a call when we land......it is a book. To be read.

Sony made readers, and made them well. Too bad that time (seems) to be passing us. I am glad that bought a second 650 on eBay as a spare. Looks like I may be buying another shortly, so I will have a spare for the spare.