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I think to say Amazon has "swept past" Sony is premature because
1: We have no verifiable, official sales figures from Amazon, and
2: We have no verifiable, official sales figures from Sony.
I want to see evidence to back up all the sweeping assertions I'm hearing these days, and real *facts* are awfully thin on the ground.
That said, I will agree that this is Sony's game to lose. Amazon's acquisitions of players such as Audible and MobiPocket suggest a long term game plan, and Bezos has demonstrated a willingness to wait years for profitability. While Sony has the retail advantage, they aren't pressing the marketing. This is a device the public needs to be told about, otherwise they won't know it exists.
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