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filmo · 10-03-2013, 10:45 AM

Stupid misleading thread title.
Sony is pulling back from many US electronics /computer market segments because they feel their products are not competitive. I can not abandon buying Sony readers that are not available for sale. Sony new T2 has maybe slight improvements over T1 and T3 has maybe slight improvements over T2. This reminds me of US made cars from 1955 to 1970 when Toyota came in and gained large market share. Sony once sold great 5" readers that are now failing due to age but no replacement reader from Sony is available. Sony has also abandoned popular firmware features once only available with old Sony readers. Sony has stopped innovating to lead or even maintain their reader market share. Their only innovation is style, or color changes and better ways to stop owners of their readers installing android apps.

My Sony T1 is a good reliable reader with features I like and I would probably buy a replacement Sony reader when my T1 dies but that might be like trying to buy replacement 5" Sony reader.

I suspect Sony has slow cumbersome management problem that results in high overhead costs.

10-03-2013, 10:45 AM	#32
filmo Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 1077205 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Sony T1, Kobo Mini	Stupid misleading thread title. Sony is pulling back from many US electronics /computer market segments because they feel their products are not competitive. I can not abandon buying Sony readers that are not available for sale. Sony new T2 has maybe slight improvements over T1 and T3 has maybe slight improvements over T2. This reminds me of US made cars from 1955 to 1970 when Toyota came in and gained large market share. Sony once sold great 5" readers that are now failing due to age but no replacement reader from Sony is available. Sony has also abandoned popular firmware features once only available with old Sony readers. Sony has stopped innovating to lead or even maintain their reader market share. Their only innovation is style, or color changes and better ways to stop owners of their readers installing android apps. My Sony T1 is a good reliable reader with features I like and I would probably buy a replacement Sony reader when my T1 dies but that might be like trying to buy replacement 5" Sony reader. I suspect Sony has slow cumbersome management problem that results in high overhead costs. Last edited by filmo; 10-04-2013 at 07:07 AM.