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davidrothman · 10-13-2006, 08:09 PM

Bob's hunch about the keyboard, etc., is right on the mark. Without real keyboard or a stylus or other input arrangement for use with a virtual kb, how can the Reader do word-based searches? Perhaps I'm missing something, but, yes, I believe Walt Mossberg's reference to a new version of the Reader--not just the firmware. What's more, as has just been noted, Sony itself seems to have talked about a follow-up. Meanwhile I'll stand by my prediction that the Sony Reader will be a nice niche product, but hardly the iPod of e-books. That won't necessarily stand in the way of a second gen, though. Sony has its corporate pride. - David

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10-13-2006, 08:09 PM	#9
davidrothman Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Device: Paperwhite, $50 Fire, iPad Air 2, Nexus 6, Kobo Aura H2O	Bob's hunch about the keyboard, etc., is right on the mark. Without real keyboard or a stylus or other input arrangement for use with a virtual kb, how can the Reader do word-based searches? Perhaps I'm missing something, but, yes, I believe Walt Mossberg's reference to a new version of the Reader--not just the firmware. What's more, as has just been noted, Sony itself seems to have talked about a follow-up. Meanwhile I'll stand by my prediction that the Sony Reader will be a nice niche product, but hardly the iPod of e-books. That won't necessarily stand in the way of a second gen, though. Sony has its corporate pride. - David David Rothman - http://www.teleread.org/blog Last edited by davidrothman; 10-13-2006 at 08:11 PM. Reason: typo