Archive for September 4th, 2010
The Sony e-Reader
Sony enliven competition in the business e-reader, or digital book reading device. Japanese electronics giant will release a new product to Australia, China, Italy, Japan and Spain to compete with Amazon’s Kindle her and her Apple iPad.
The new product Sony is more compact, smaller and lighter than the old. In addition, Sony provides facilities such as iPad Touch screen.
For products that are cheaper, Pocket Edition Reader price of U.S. $ 179. This price of U.S. $ 40 more expensive than the cheapest products Amazon Kindle Book.
However, this price is certainly cheaper than the iPad, Apple. IPad the cheapest price of U.S. $ 499 but already has a color screen. While Sony and Kindle Book products still use black and white screen.
While for the high-end products, equipped with a wireless connection and 3G is sold at a price of U.S. $ 299 per unit.
Sony hopes to sell his new product to several countries that previously has not been too great. “We’re going to expand with full consideration, including cooperation with the local bookstore to ensure appropriate content, relevant and appropriate language usage for each market,” said Steve Harber, President of Digital Reading Business Division, Sony.