Sony to compete with iPad - Page 2

LDBoblo · 02-06-2010, 12:43 PM

Cool stuff. Not sure who will take up the project at Sony, but there's some hope that they can produce good hardware. Software, I'm not so sure about. It'll be interesting to watch...I'd love to see Sony produce a good reader/tablet.

In any event, even if they fail miserably and do nothing but reinforce the iPad's market, at least it'll encourage some more competition to come about.

What's disappointing is now the name iPad is becoming so ubiquitous that everything will be an iPad killer or an iPad clone. Gah.

kjk · 02-06-2010, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by LDBoblo

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What's disappointing is now the name iPad is becoming so ubiquitous that everything will be an iPad killer or an iPad clone. Gah.

Agreed...especially since the iPad isn't even out yet. Plus, to think other products can't coexist in one market niche is just ridiculous.

amjbrown · 02-06-2010, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by GlenBarrington

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d18b6e90-1...44feab49a.html

With Sony's experience with ebook readers AND computers, I wonder if we can expect a better reading device?

We can certainly expect something cool. Sony are great - the 505 is excellent, VAIOs would be brilliant if they ran Mac OS X

, and my TV is awesome. We love competition - we will all win one way or another from the iPad.

amjb

SCION · 02-06-2010, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by amjbrown

VAIOs would be brilliant if they ran Mac OS X

, and my TV is awesome.
amjb

etienne66 · 02-06-2010, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by amjbrown

VAIOs would be brilliant if they ran Mac OS X

, and my TV is awesome. We love competition - we will all win one way or another from the iPad.

amjb

I don't like the Mac OS X's security by obscurity. Why do you think you don't see more Macs in business offices. Sure they run great and they are easy to use. But their security is non existent and your corporation would be very vulnerable. See the following article, "Mac Security Part II: It’s a Numbers Game"

Take a look at the following article "Potentially nasty new iPhone security flaw discovered"

All it will take is one good virus that can read the iPhone address book and it would probably take down every iPhone out there. Maybe then Apple would be more security conscious.

Back to the topic at hand. I want to know what kind of screen Sony will use and what kind of battery life it will have. I already assume they will be supporting epub and pdf. I guess we will have to wait a while for those answers since it doesn't sound like they've planned it that far yet.

I'm all for competition with Sony, iPad, Notion Ink and whoever else. Who knows maybe Apple will do something where I might even consider buying one of their products.

Etienne66

Tim32127 · 02-06-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

What you say about "iBook" is perfectly true, but Apple said in the iPad launch that all applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch will run on the iPad, so that means that Apps like the Kindle App should run fine, which will open up other sources of books.

Kobo said in an email they had an app. for the ipad. They use adobe epub unless they're going to change.
Tim..

astrodad · 02-06-2010, 05:35 PM

Sure, none of the apps that utilize the camera will run on the iPad. There's quite a few of them, so "almost all" probably means "any app that will work with the iPad hardware".

I am also excited about the Notion Ink device. More so than the iPad simply because of the screen technology. If Sony's device has a similar screen, it may be formidable, considering their retail presence.

astrodad · 02-06-2010, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by etienne66

I don't like the Mac OS X's security by obscurity. Why do you think you don't see more Macs in business offices. Sure they run great and they are easy to use. But their security is non existent and your corporation would be very vulnerable. See the following article, "Mac Security Part II: It’s a Numbers Game"

Etienne66

Every IT company I've ever worked for has wished for more Macs. It's a much more secure OS than Windows ever will be.

etienne66 · 02-06-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jplumey

Every IT company I've ever worked for has wished for more Macs. It's a much more secure OS than Windows ever will be.

That's the funniest thing I've ever heard.

Etienne66

Krystian Galaj · 02-06-2010, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by etienne66

From what I understand Apple will be using their own proprietary DRM and will not support the Adobe DRM. Which means unless they support DRM free books or allow other ebook programs for the iPad, you will have to buy your ebooks from their store.

Perhaps I am wrong, but I don't think we will know for sure until people start buying the iPad. But in general I don't like Apple. Then again I don't like Microsoft either, but with my job I don't have much choice but to use their software.

Do you know about new feature in iPad, possibly coming to iPhone as well?
It's shared storage folder, accessible to all programs from App Store. It's well documented in API. If Apple was planning to lock the content away from iPad, why would they supply such a feature?
Besides, it's not Microsoft - they're making money on hardware as well, so if you buy iPad and use it with other e-book programs, they still profit.

Penforhire · 02-06-2010, 09:32 PM

guy was right, Xerox had the genesis of both mice and windowed OS's. And MS Windows owes more to IBM than any other company, as their PC's were the first commercial success for young MS.

Oh, and the Newton was ALSO revolutionary. Yet a huge flop. It is too early to say one way or the other for the iPad. It has a better shot at long life because it builds on the amazing App Store and iPhone success.

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02-06-2010, 12:43 PM	#16
LDBoblo Wizard Posts: 1,385 Karma: 16056 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Asia Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-505	Cool stuff. Not sure who will take up the project at Sony, but there's some hope that they can produce good hardware. Software, I'm not so sure about. It'll be interesting to watch...I'd love to see Sony produce a good reader/tablet. In any event, even if they fail miserably and do nothing but reinforce the iPad's market, at least it'll encourage some more competition to come about. What's disappointing is now the name iPad is becoming so ubiquitous that everything will be an iPad killer or an iPad clone. Gah.

02-06-2010, 05:35 PM	#22
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Sure, none of the apps that utilize the camera will run on the iPad. There's quite a few of them, so "almost all" probably means "any app that will work with the iPad hardware". I am also excited about the Notion Ink device. More so than the iPad simply because of the screen technology. If Sony's device has a similar screen, it may be formidable, considering their retail presence.

02-06-2010, 09:32 PM	#26
Penforhire Wizard Posts: 2,230 Karma: 7145404 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern California Device: Kindle Voyage & iPhone 7+	guy was right, Xerox had the genesis of both mice and windowed OS's. And MS Windows owes more to IBM than any other company, as their PC's were the first commercial success for young MS. Oh, and the Newton was ALSO revolutionary. Yet a huge flop. It is too early to say one way or the other for the iPad. It has a better shot at long life because it builds on the amazing App Store and iPhone success.

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