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Originally Posted by EnigmaticSeraph
It does seem that the market is too fresh for companies to commit to such crazy concepts as "release dates". @_@
I'll wait and see what Sony has to say on the 2nd, but I have the distinct feeling that it's either unimpressive or releasing too late, and so I'll have to stick with the Kindle.
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Unless Sony or Amazon have just about sold out of the current crop of readers, you're unlikely to have an advance notice of "coming soon". That would guarantee that the existing devices stop selling as people just postpone buying until the new one comes out. It's more likely that with very little advance notice, you just see an announcement of "Now available!"
By the way, I own both a Kindle and a Sony PRS 505. For the most important use -- recreational reading -- there's not much difference. The Kindle has a better store behind it, though the new ePub support on the Sony may make it easier to close that gap. Additionally, I like the ability to highlight and add notes (kind of like writing in the margins of a paper book) when reading on the Kindle. And, the Kindle copies the highlighted text and my notes into a plain .txt file which I can upload to my PC -- making it dead simple to capture quotes for reviews.