Comments on: Amazon Kindle Vs Sony – Review of Sony’s Strategy

By: switch11

switch11 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:21:05 +0000

gnimsh,
Sony have said that they will add the ability to access Sony’s ebook store wirelessly (using AT&T’s network) in December.
So you’ll be able to buy books from anywhere in AT&T’s network and get them in a few minutes.
At the moment, Sony seem to be indicating there will be no free Internet like Amazon’s WhisperNet has.

By: gnimsh

gnimsh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:14:32 +0000

Can you elaborate on sony providing a whispernet alternative in December? I haven’t had much luck finding anything about it. Thanks!

By: Martin Jenny

Martin Jenny — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:13:16 +0000

A very good analysis.The release of the Kindle with it’s tight integration to Amazon’s shop and whispernet killed in the bud Sony’s basic strategy which looked to me a bit like what Apple’s doing with iTunes. Going open is really the only way to take on Amazon at that point but it is a defensive strategy by nature. If Sony has any hope to compete with the slew of cheap e-readers that is bound to hit the markets next year it has to keep a technology edge. And given the lacklustre interface design of the reader-series and the clumsy software that comes with it I have great doubts that this will happen.

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