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Originally Posted by rcentros
All of my Sonys have (had) good batteries. That's pretty impressive, considering that the 505s are close to ten years old now. Sony definitely built in more quality in these Readers than did their competition.
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Too bad that their marketing and innovation sucked compared to Amazon IMO. Amazon's direct purchase and download of books independent of a computer from day one gave them a major market advantage IMO. Sony using a DRM method that required separate steps for getting DRM approval for the computer and reader did not help either. Amazon made the Kindle book purchasing interface much more user friendly once the reader or application was registered. They followed the KISS principle for the customer.
After one attempt Sony dropped integral screen illumination, did not have a 6" reader with integral wi-fi until the T1 and always sold at a premium price compared to many Kindle models. They had touch screens earlier but the first generations had very poor contrast. I do not say Amazon was perfect but from the customer standpoint had a more user friendly interface IMO. That seems to have made a huge difference in their success.
BTW I have never had a failed Kindle battery either. Have models back to the K1.