A source in content creation has informed me that the Reader is coming on Monday or Tuesday, just in time for the holiday season. Information was limited, but apparently “a dozen media partners” were to be involved with launch, which implies non-book providers.
That could be interesting if weekly and daily news sources could be downloaded over the Kindle’s EVDO data connection, which was discovered in FCC docs so many months ago. If you know more, please drop me a line—this thing could destroy the Sony reader if it has connectivity and I am hungry for details.
Charlie
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 8:49 AMIt’s incredible that Sony haven’t pushed their Reader more. Much of the current internet phenomenon is purely about reading. This is a tool that makes reading easier and more portable. It’s going to be huge
J
Monday, November 19, 2007 at 10:41 PMThis seems more of an e-book reader with a view to increase sales thru amazon. Anyone prepared to read an ebook has probably already done so via their pc and a smaller device e.g a pda. Something even Ipod owners need to do. Although the idea of reading a newspaper on the reader sounds enticing, I don’t think I would do it on a device with 4 dozen buttons on it!