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If consumers listened to reviewers like this, we would not have PDA's, notebook computers, or automatic transmission cars. "Oh yes, there's no clutch, but there's that annoying noise, and I still need to shift! Why bother?"
A number of reviewers--techy and non-techy--want a superdevice. When I read the 1st review of this, the response was "it only reads books? Why would I want a device that just does that? It's expensive." I don't own and ipod, so I was shocked, yes *shocked* to find that an ipod __only plays music!__ Oh. It also cost $250.
My biggest problem with the Reader has little to do with the Reader itself. I am disgusted by the lack of content available electronically, and the ridiculous price for that limited catalog. The device seems amazing.
As for reviewers having no love for SONY, many times it was justified. They created some amazing products, but never saw fit to tell you how to fix or use it. They were incredibly closed in their systems, formats, and operating systems. How nice would it be if SONY & MS could play well together? A SONY CD player capable of reading my WMA files...*sigh*
SONY has had years of engendering bad blood with the consumer base. They seem to be reformed(/ing) with this latest rollout, and they should be commended for that.
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