Who Will Pay $179 for a Tethered Sony Ebook Reader?

Sony essentially created the modern ebook reader device market. While it was never huge, Sony’s ereaders had enough of a customer base to keep it going since September 2006. However, Sony’s current ebook reader device strategy has me puzzled.

While other ebook reader makers have dropped prices below $150 (below $100 in one case) and provided wireless ebook buying, Sony’s least expensive unit $179 and must be tethered to a computer. The higher price gets you a touch screen interface.

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