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Originally Posted by taming
Unless I am mis-remembering, didn't Sony say that they would have to do a device firmware update at some point to get everything going?
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Not quite. You can read Kobo books today on your Sony reader and should still be able to if they took no action. It sounds like Sony plans to do a firmware update for newer models so that the link for on-device purchases doesn't point to a broken Sony store and connects to the Kobo store instead. It's a thoughtful gesture that I wasn't expecting.
Sony devices used to have the ability to connect to Google to wirelessly download non-DRM books. When Google rolled out their DRM'ed bookstore and subsequently the Play Store concept, this partnership with Sony was broken. Sony then issued a firmware update to remove the Google links.