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Originally Posted by porkupan
So, there never was the email, reported by zelda_pinwheel? Or was there?
It's hard to believe Sony is exiting the ebook business after three years of rather good sales and one poorly designed device. My money is on the continuation of the business with a new lineup of models (most probably connected via some wireless interface). Why Sony is keeping mute about the next generation of the Readers is unclear. Perhaps they are still trying to set up the production line in China, and have trouble getting to the supply of the eInk displays. |
the email is real, it was recieved my many people (although, not me personally, in fact, as i am not registered with sony ; sorry if that was not clear), including some people who have confirmed it in this thread, i believe. MobileRead team member NatCh was actually informed of the news in advance, and it's from that info that i made the announcement ; the email went out to people registered with sony later that day.
i also think it would be unlikely for them to expand the plateform support of their software immediately before abandoning the ebook business, and there has been no news from sony allowing us to suppose this. the fact that they've only recently expanded into other countries (like france) also seems to contradict the idea that they're abandoning the business.
i guess we'll really just have to wait and see...