[DM-MUG] Sony's $350 ebook reader (pics)

[Bill Davis]

Now that I've advised against it,  I thought I should be fair and  
mention that it may show up at Borders book stores "this week",  
according to a review on the SciFi.com technology blog:


http://blog.scifi.com/tech/archives/2006/09/27/sony_reader_arr.html

That being said I'm still unlikely to buy one, due to their lack of  
Mac support and other reasons (Sony is not on my list of "favorite"  
companies anymore).  But I'm an eBook fan so I want to give it at  
least a look.

  - Bill Davis



On Oct 3, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Darcy Baston wrote:

> Wow, that ebookwise looks like it's got the basics covered and with  
> an attractive price. I'm so glad you suggested this!
>
> What other stores are there for the Rocket Book format that you  
> recommend?
>
> Darcy
>
> On Tuesday, October 03, 2006, at 08:12AM, Bill Davis  
> <billd at ecity.net> wrote:
>
>
>> I'd agree with Dave.   The Sony book reader is interesting, but
>> they've tried to market an ebook reader before and failed.  They're
>> making most of the same mistakes again this time around....plus,
>> they've missed their deadline for releasing this several times
>> now.    The price is too high.  It'll flop.   Don't waste your money.
>>
>> Plus, being from Sony, it'll probably have exploding batteries.  ;-)
>>
>> The only good thing I've heard is that it and it's ebooks will be
>> available via kiosks in  Borders or Barnes and Noble (I forget  
>> which).
>>
>> If you want a good and much less expensive reader (about $125) of
>> about the same size, see www.ebookwise.com.    I have an older (non-
>> grayscale) version of this reader and have always found it well
>> designed.
>>
>>   -Bill  (who recently did a panel on eBooks for the Des Moines
>> Science Fiction Society and was asked to do it again at their annual
>> DemiCon convention)
>>
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