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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
I don't think Sony is even on the radar (hard as that is to believe). Amazon is competing with Kobo and they dropped the price of the new PW to match the price of the Glo. So we all have a lot to thank Kobo for.
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We are seeing a turning of the tide from Japan as the leader in electronics, back to the US being the leader.. and I think it's got alot to do with the smartphone evolution in the past 6-8 years. Thanks to Apple and Google leading the way.. and for the relevance of our discussion, it's amazon and kobo leading the way in the e-reader market.
It's sad to see Sony where it is now.. it used to be such a driving force in the music electronics industry and in the electronics industry as a whole.. maybe it's really time for Japanese companies to re-think how they are grooming their creative talent, and to re-think how they need to restructure their system to accomodate greater creativity.