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Originally Posted by Hughdal
As an avid Sony Portable Reader user and a strong supporter of this forum and it's message I think we are all missing the signs coming out of Sony regarding the Reader.
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Someone's certainly "missing the signs", but I have a feeling that it's you
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There is talk of Sony getting out of the retail (Connect) business.
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Entirely the opposite. Sony dropped the Connect music store but made the decision to retain the eBook store. This is
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There is talk of Sony adopting a new format from Adobe.
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... which is yet more good news.
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There has not been a software update in almost a year.
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The last software update came out in February. It's now July. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Feb to July is not generally considered to be "almost a year".
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There is talk of Borders not selling the Sony Reader. There is talk of poor sales.
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I believe that Sony have said that Reader sales are above expectations.
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There is no move by Sony to expand the Reader to TROTW (The Rest of The World) which at last count has just passed 5 billion.
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One of our members received an email from Sony UK only a few days ago talking about a UK released before the end of the year. Perhaps you missed it?
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I think the time is now to inform Sony that the Sony Reader community, although small, can be very vocal if threatened.
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Threatened? I've obviously missed something. Who exactly is "threatening" us?