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Originally Posted by HarryT
Why? Suppose Sony stop selling the 505 tomorrow - so what? It doesn't affect people who already own one; they'll still be able to easily obtain e-Books and use their devices.
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I would assume that if Sony made the decision to get out of the ebook business -- as they did with Palm PDAs -- that it would make Sony-format books difficult if not impossible to purchase -- the store would be shut down.
There would of course be plenty of PD content available, and those who wanted to strip DRM and convert to LRF would be able to purchase new books.
Likely? Who am I to say. But between the rootkit debacle, the sudden dropping of the Clies, and a few miserable support experiences with Sony USA, I had plenty of reasons to look elsewhere for my e-Ink machine -- even though I quite liked the 505 when I had a chance to play with one.