Sony's Steve Haber on eReaders
President of Sony’s Digital Reading Division Steve Haber was the first speaker on day two of the eBook Summit. He spoke with eloquence and calm, playing down the fact that the Sony Readers–even the new touch and 3G versions–are not the slickest looking (Nook?) or most popular (Kindle) readers on the market. But, Sony was first. Haber noted that Sony developed the first reader in Japan in 2003, and explained that the 6″ screen that has become the eReader standard is in fact the size of a Japanese paperback.
He began with a little pep-talk for the Industry, saying, “in my experience it’s very natural” to be scared of new technology, but that eReaders are “an opportunity to take the business to a whole new level.”
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