Comments on: Sony E-Reader 20 Questions http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/11/sony-e-reader-20-questions/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:52:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: The Manly Geek http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/11/sony-e-reader-20-questions/#comment-74 The Manly Geek Fri, 11 Aug 2006 19:30:07 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/11/sony-e-reader-20-questions/#comment-74 Sony needs to stop being so arrogant and create more interoperable platforms and bring them out in a timely fashion. And after the XCOPY faux pas, hearing "Sony" and "DRM" in the same sentence gives me the creeps. Sony needs to stop being so arrogant and create more interoperable platforms and bring them out in a timely fashion. And after the XCOPY faux pas, hearing “Sony” and “DRM” in the same sentence gives me the creeps.

]]> By: smartie http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/11/sony-e-reader-20-questions/#comment-50 smartie Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:58:24 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/11/sony-e-reader-20-questions/#comment-50 Let's face, something just can never replace another. Ebook reader can never make it. It is because of social and customer's inborn need of physical presence. Unless, most popular books has only online version instead of printed version, it will never take off. Why ?? Technology is rational but human is not, and most editor will never risk putting book into digital format the way just like music in cd into online. It is a loss business, and if take off will create another internet "consumer" bubble. Can't Sony ask themselves ?? Why should customer pay for expensive gadget to read book ??? come on, think like customer. Right now, only minority will read ebook on pocket pc. This is not because that pocket pc is not good. On the contrary, ppc is much better now, however, human strive for the experience of reading book physically. Something they could feel, and touch. Some habits just never die ..... Let’s face, something just can never replace another.
Ebook reader can never make it. It is because of social and customer’s inborn need of physical presence. Unless, most popular books has only online version instead of printed version, it will never take off. Why ?? Technology is rational but human is not, and most editor will never risk putting book into digital format the way just like music in cd into online. It is a loss business, and if take off will create another internet “consumer” bubble.

Can’t Sony ask themselves ?? Why should customer pay for expensive gadget to read book ??? come on, think like customer. Right now, only minority will read ebook on pocket pc. This is not because that pocket pc is not good. On the contrary, ppc is much better now, however, human strive for the experience of reading book physically. Something they could feel, and touch. Some habits just never die …..

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