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Originally Posted by LBJay
Has anybody thought that Sony may offer a Wi-Fi option by SD card? Like the Eye-Fi card for cameras.
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Can't imagine why they'd do that, since they reluctantly support SD and generally refer their own proprietary MemoryStick stuff. With only a few exceptions, I really don't care for Sony's proprietary habits...for instance...
When Hi-MD (high capacity mini disc) players became available, I was excited about the potential and picked one up, only to realize that only Sony made the media, which at the time couldn't play mp3 files unless they were converted by Sony software into a Sony format that was only recognized by Sony Players and had to be loaded onto the Sony disc with aforementioned Sony software. I'm rather surprised it worked on a conventional battery and not a Sony proprietary Lithium Ion job. Trying to lock people into technology always irritates me, but that's precisely what a lot of these ebook reader players are trying to do. Independent companies who have little to gain by adding proprietary features are the ones who will probably focus on flexibility (iRex comes to mind).
Well if Sony decides to downgrade their hardware without an enormous price drop ($200 is not cheap or even reasonable, especially for technology of this caliber), I won't be too affected because I don't plan on getting another ebook reader even if my current 505 breaks, unless they're under $100 without being tied to a specific store that I don't want to deal with. The chances of a worthwhile upgrade existing by the time my 505 peters out are pretty slim, so I'll probably just save my money.