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Originally Posted by HarryT
True, but unfortunately the PRS-900 is only sold in the USA (and perhaps Canada as well).
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Nope, Sony Canada has not seen fit to sell anything except the 300 (Pocket Edition, 5") and 600 (Touch Edition, 6") series readers (and the now abandoned 500 series). The larger 7" screen Daily Edition with3G is not for sale here. The Daily Edition now carries a $299 price point at sonystyle.com. Somewhat more annoyingly, the Touch is now US$169 in the US and the same device in Canada is Can$249 ... yet the US/Canada currencies are close to par.
My guess is the DX Graphite is a "stop gap" edition. At $389 for a 9.7" screen with free 3G access, it's a competitive e-reader device where colour is not essential (newspapers, most books and magazines being examples). The mid-range 3G iPad is over $900 with 1st yr 3G charges ($728+$15/mth). It's a bit of a surprise they haven't added a wifi chip as well in order to deliver larger files or an SD slot for additional content ... but admittedly, 3.3GB of user space is a LOT of e-book content.
The timing suggests -- early July instead of late summer -- there could still be a Kindle 3 in the works for, say, Sep or Oct. My understanding is a colour edition is NOT in the cards because the technology isn't quite ready for mass production in 2010.
All in, this updated Kindle occupies a unique place in the e-reader market. There really is nothing comparable from any vendor combining price, 3G connectivity, screen real estate and access to the Amazon store. And isn't it $10 less than the original Kindle 1 that was released just three years ago?