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• How would you change the Sony Reader?

  Published: August 24, 2007, 6:15 pm

  Tags: E Book, How Would You Change, Howwouldyouchange, Sony Reader, Sonyreader

  Filed under: Handhelds So we were noodling around the laptop section at Best Buy the other day, semi-shocked at the relatively frenzied activity at the big box retailer, when we happened to glance over and notice a very lonely device being ignored by the throngs of shoppers. That poor, unloved gadget was none other than the Sony Reader, which saw

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• Sony's PRS-505 ebook reader leaks out

  Published: September 10, 2007, 10:03 pm

  Tags: Ebook, Leak, Prs 505, Reader, Rumor, Sony, Sony Reader, Sonyreader

  Filed under: Handhelds Given the many opportunities Sony's had to demo new gear in the past month, you'd think we'd have seen this earlier, but it looks like the company's latest ebook reader, the PRS-505, will be making its grand debut on the website of Chicago's own Abt Electronics. The update to the original Sony Reader will come in either

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• Switched On: Rainforest fire (Part 1)

  Published: November 27, 2007, 2:48 pm

  Tags: Amazon, E Books, Kindle, Ross Rubin, Rossrubin, Sony Reader, Sonyreader, Switched On, Switchedon

  Filed under: Features, Misc. GadgetsEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment. Naming a product "Kindle" might be a bit unusual for a company named after a giant waterway. Did Amazon have visions of Fahrenheit 451 for its electronic book reader? Perhaps, at $399, the product

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• Switched On: Rainforest fire (Part 2)

  Published: December 3, 2007, 3:18 pm

  Tags: Amazon, Kindle, Ross Rubin, Rossrubin, Sony Reader, Sonyreader, Switched On, Switchedon

  Filed under: FeaturesEach week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment. Last week''s Switched On discussed some of the similarities and differences between Amazon's Kindle and the Sony Reader. Where the Kindle really sets itself apart, though, is more in the buying of books than

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• Sony Reader goes open, will be able to work with other booksellers

  Published: July 24, 2008, 9:54 am

  Tags: E Book, Ebook, Epub, Open, Reader, Sony, Sony Reader, Sonyreader

  Filed under: Handhelds While Sony's Reader has never received the the enormous press or enjoyed the supposed whirlwind sales of Amazon's Kindle e-book, and is certainly lacking in, erm, EV-DOness, the Reader is about to get one trick the Kindle doesn't have yet: openness. Sony will be shooting out an update on Thursday to allow the Reader to use

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