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Old 08-21-2009, 10:43 AM   #71
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Originally Posted by Bob Russell View Post
It's remarkable to see how many people in the poll have either kept the original PRS-500 Sony Reader, or have moved on to another Sony Reader. That seems like a lot of customer loyalty for such a new market category with other famous options like the Kindle.

If that holds across the market with many of the early adopters, that would seem to be incentive for Sony to treat these folks well and keep them as Reader customers for life.
I couldn't agree more. Hopefully, Sony will take note. It's not like the old days where build quality and features alone could lead to a win. Now, you have to have all of that AND focus on building a community around your product line. That should be inherently obvious from the whole system-based approach of hardware-software-content as a package, but it hasn't been to a lot of companies.

And just to be able to say that I did address the topic: I'm still using my 500 every day. The 300, however, has a definite appeal for the subway commute.
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