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Originally Posted by radleyp
My daughter just pointed out to me that in the North-South passageway under Grand Central Station here in Manhattan, the tiled walls are covered with ads for the Sony reader.
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Those must be the same ads that were papered throughout Washington DC's Gallery Place Metro for months...
I think Sony stands a good chance of making a lot of holiday sales that would go to the M.I.A. Kindle... although I'd also bet a great deal of them would be for people who don't know the difference between the two, and will be "surprised" when their new device won't wirelessly download Amazon content...
On the other hand, the data does suggest that most reader users are getting their content from sources other than Sony and Amazon... so in the long run, it probably doesn't matter. Sony being considered by many to be a better-made device, it could outstrip the Kindle in the long run. I'd actually consider that a good thing, if a Kindle sales failure (or Sony success) prompted Amazon to open its e-book titles to other devices/formats.