Only in America: Sony’s new wireless e-reader

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By Scott MacDonald
August 25, 2009
5:15 PM

Filed under: Industry news, Daily Edition, e-reader, Kindle, sony

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There’s a lot of hubbub south of the border today about the launch of Sony’s new Daily Edition e-reader, the first Sony e-reading device to go wireless. According to The L.A. Times:

The Daily Edition has a 7-inch screen, can hold up to 1,000 books, and can be read either vertically or tipped horizontally to mimic the two pages of an open book. The Daily Edition will be available in December for holiday shoppers for about $399.

The Daily Edition will use AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband technology (just like the iPhone) which it can use for downloading new books. Amazon’s Kindle, which has made tremendous headway in the marketplace, is already wireless.

This is great news for Americans, but it looks like Canadians have once again been left out in the cold. According to a spokesperson from Sony Canada, the Daily Edition is, like the Kindle, only available in the U.S.

http://scrawledinwax.com Nav

The following link suggested that Sony were about to announce the same Reader for Canada today at a press event in Toronto. Was that just a mixup?

http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/3975/284/
Schafted in Canada

Once again Canada gets the schaft! What is the problem that we cannot get wireless connection here! The reason I got the Sony eReader PRS 505 a year ago was because I couldn’t use Kindle! One would think that Sony woudl realize they have an advantage in making their Daily Edition really a big seller in Canada!

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