PRS-650 3/15/11 PRS-650 Back in stock at Sony Site

readergirl218 · 03-15-2011, 05:40 PM

Just noticed sony prs-650 back in stock. I know many have been waiting. Thought you'd like to know.

Just ordered mine.

jswinden · 03-16-2011, 05:23 PM

I wonder why they don't have the black ones in stock? Did someone corner the market on black paint? Or does Sony have an adversion to manufacturing black colored readers? They originally said there would be a black 950, but it never materialized in the USA market. Now they don't seem to make many, if any, black 650s for the USA market. And they don't make a black or a blue 350 for the USA market. Silver just plain sucks in the sunlight! In my opinion a black bezel is much better on the eyes while reading than silver, pink, and red.

porkupan · 03-16-2011, 10:20 PM

They were in stock for a few hours, until Sony ran out some time this afternoon. Seems that they are really having a very hard time manufacturing enough of those devices. I don't know if there is a supply chain problem, a parts shortage, a manufacturing capacity problem (400,000 FoxCon employees too busy building those iPad 2's, Nook Colors, Kindles and 5000 other hot products?), or what. Obviously, Sony buyers have majorly screwed up with those readers, and they are not able to fix the problem. The mystery of disappearing covers is another example of this craziness.

I guess, we shouldn't expect deliveries of the 950's any time soon, those being manufactured in the Japanese factories. But whatever is going on in China, it is one big mess. The fact that no major tech publication seems to be paying attention to this weird deficit just confirms that most tech observers in the U.S. have generally given up on Sony Reader. That's too bad as this year's crop of readers was really very very successful.

I wonder if anyone of any significance at Sony actually noticed that we have been discussing the reader shortage in this forum. I do not see them making a serious effort to resolve it. Perhaps the people on the inside don't even know that a Sony Reader (with a possible exception of 350) is virtually impossible to find in stores on online.

x43x · 03-17-2011, 12:11 AM

I was told by a Sony rep that the problem was with the company that makes the eInk. Apparently there are shortages. I found a Blog Post about it, which seems like more of a joke. This article seems more accurate.

readergirl218 · 03-30-2011, 12:52 PM

Black PRS-650 in stock at Sony Site this morning. RED out of stock.

03-15-2011, 05:40 PM	#1
readergirl218 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 183814 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wine Country - California Device: Sony PRS-T1 (white), Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-300,	3/15/11 PRS-650 Back in stock at Sony Site Just noticed sony prs-650 back in stock. I know many have been waiting. Thought you'd like to know. Just ordered mine. Last edited by readergirl218; 03-15-2011 at 06:41 PM.

03-16-2011, 10:20 PM	#3
porkupan Fanatic Posts: 556 Karma: 1057213 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North Eastern U.S. Device: Sony Reader	They were in stock for a few hours, until Sony ran out some time this afternoon. Seems that they are really having a very hard time manufacturing enough of those devices. I don't know if there is a supply chain problem, a parts shortage, a manufacturing capacity problem (400,000 FoxCon employees too busy building those iPad 2's, Nook Colors, Kindles and 5000 other hot products?), or what. Obviously, Sony buyers have majorly screwed up with those readers, and they are not able to fix the problem. The mystery of disappearing covers is another example of this craziness. I guess, we shouldn't expect deliveries of the 950's any time soon, those being manufactured in the Japanese factories. But whatever is going on in China, it is one big mess. The fact that no major tech publication seems to be paying attention to this weird deficit just confirms that most tech observers in the U.S. have generally given up on Sony Reader. That's too bad as this year's crop of readers was really very very successful. I wonder if anyone of any significance at Sony actually noticed that we have been discussing the reader shortage in this forum. I do not see them making a serious effort to resolve it. Perhaps the people on the inside don't even know that a Sony Reader (with a possible exception of 350) is virtually impossible to find in stores on online. Last edited by porkupan; 03-16-2011 at 10:23 PM.

03-17-2011, 12:11 AM	#4
x43x Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 3944 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: Sony PRS-950	I was told by a Sony rep that the problem was with the company that makes the eInk. Apparently there are shortages. I found a Blog Post about it, which seems like more of a joke. This article seems more accurate. Last edited by x43x; 03-17-2011 at 12:21 AM.

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03-16-2011, 05:23 PM	#2
jswinden Nameless Being	I wonder why they don't have the black ones in stock? Did someone corner the market on black paint? Or does Sony have an adversion to manufacturing black colored readers? They originally said there would be a black 950, but it never materialized in the USA market. Now they don't seem to make many, if any, black 650s for the USA market. And they don't make a black or a blue 350 for the USA market. Silver just plain sucks in the sunlight! In my opinion a black bezel is much better on the eyes while reading than silver, pink, and red.

03-30-2011, 12:52 PM	#5
readergirl218 Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 183814 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Wine Country - California Device: Sony PRS-T1 (white), Sony PRS-650, Sony PRS-300,	Black PRS-650 in stock at Sony Site this morning. RED out of stock.

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