Sony Takes Aim At Amazon's Kindle

MojoKid writes "Sony recently announced two new eBook readers and has set its sights on tapping into Amazon's Kindle market share. The Sony Reader Pocket Edition and the Reader Touch Edition will come out at the end of the month and will reportedly cost less or the same as the older, more established Kindle. The Pocket Edition has a five-inch display, comes in several colors ('including navy blue, rose and silver') and fits, as one might expect, in a jacket pocket or a purse. It can store about 350 'standard eBooks' and can last about two weeks on a single charge, Sony claims. The Touch Edition is a bit larger, with a six-inch display that, as you'd expect, can be controlled via a touch interface."

Comments

Re:Yeah, right

[Grishnakh]

It'll probably be tied to some other proprietary Sony technology too, like Memory Stick.

Re:DRM

[Alsee]

The fact that it is capable of accessing DRM-restricted media doesn't make the device inherently evil.

Yes it does, because they expect to put innocent people in PRISON if you unscrew the case of the product you bought and touch the hardware or software.

So NO, the fact that someone never touches DRM-restricted media does not make any difference. They still expect to put you in prison even if you never touch a single piece of DRM content.

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