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We shall find out on Monday if orders for the $100 600s will be cancelled or allow to go through. I am hoping they do go through. The covers are on sale at Borders and Sonystyle for $15.
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I'm hopeful that they will go through since they still haven't canceled mine, and the charge is still sitting in my bank account.
In my experience with Dell price mistakes they never even charged my card... but Dell has a lot more experience with making huge price mistakes than Borders. |
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What's not clear in this case is whether or not Sony is missing an opportunity that is realistic for them. I'm not sure they are. They're primarily in the hardware business. Amazon is primarily in the content business. So "Kindle for iPad" makes sense. Amazon's selling physical Kindles in the side business, even if its become a profitable one. Not so for Sony. In their case, the eBook store is the side business, not the hardware. Building custom apps around the ebook store seems a bit out of their expertise (and maybe a waste of time). |
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If Sony really is viewing their eBookstore as nothing more than an add-on to the Readers, they need to rethink their strategy. Content is the way to go.
Don't forget that the real reason for the massive success of the iPhone is not the hardware (which, touch screen aside, is middle-of-the-pack) but the ease with which you can access and manage your content, particularly as pertains to media and 'apps'. The way in which iPhone integrates with iTunes Store is the reason the majority of people enjoy the iPhone experience. And the fact that Apple has created a closed ecosystem whereby you have to get said content through them is the reason iPhone (and maybe soon iPad?) is arguably their most important product. Similarly, a large part of the Kindle's success is the integration of Hardware and Market Place. It's not something as simple as marketing. Sony is a giant multi-billion dollar corporation that has been around for a lot longer than Amazon, so it's not like they don't know how to market their products. The advantage Amazon has is, as someone pointed out above, that being a content provider is exactly what they do, and they're good at it. All these large companies have struggled to really make an impact on the Internet. They're too stuck in their old ways. It's not a coincidence that the largest and most successful online businesses (from Google to eBay to Amazon) are companies that came about barely 15 years ago; companies for whom the Internet is their business, and not an afterthought. *EDIT* Getting back to the original topic, what do you guys think is the better deal - the Touch for $199, or the upcoming Kobo Reader for $149? On the one hand, the Sony is $50 more. On the other, it does have some more features. Touch screen, built-in dictionary, annotations/note-taking, etc. Not to mention the fact that Sony is a bigger and more recognisable brand, and possibly might have better product support (though I'm not sure how good Kobo may be). But, at $149, the Kobo is easily the cheapest 6" e-Ink reader, and does seem like a bargain. Any thoughts? Last edited by afa; 05-17-2010 at 03:14 AM. |
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As of right now still no cancellation and the Black model which was showing backordered is now back to usually ships within 24 hours.
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I just checked my order of a black unit and it says
On Backorder Estimated shipping: May 16, 2010 - May 29, 2010 so no change for me, but on the other hand still not cancelled ... yet |
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I checked mine earlier and it still says In Process.
If it ships I think my son's girlfriend has laid a claim on it. Maybe she'll give our Sony 300 back then. ![]() Oh, and our library only adds one or two Mobi books a month now but about 20 or so ePubs. |
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