Sony Lowers Price of ‘Daily Edition’ E-book Reader to $300

For those of you keeping score in the Intergalactic Championship for Most Aggressively Priced Wireless Electronic Book Reader, Sony has recently made a bid to get back on the playing field by dropping the price of its “Reader Daily Edition” to $300.

The company faces stiff competition from both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, who both now sell wireless-capable book readers for under $200. The Barnes & Noble Wi-Fi Nook looks especially tantalizing at $149 if you don’t need a full-on cellular connection.

So with the 3G Kindle priced at $189 and the 3G Nook priced at $199, what does the extra $100+ get you from Sony? A 7-inch touchscreen display, versus the 6-inch non-touchscreen displays on the Kindle and Nook.

The touchscreen also allows for pen-based notes taken using an included stylus and the Reader Daily Edition comes with “a built-in leather cover and portable zipper case.”

Sony also lowered the prices on its two non-connected readers: The Pocket Edition is now $150 and the Touch Edition is now $170, down from $170 and $200, respectively.

via PC World

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Yawn. Sony is so far out of touch at this point that I have my doubts about them. If they ever get back to making products that are good enough to demand a premium then I’ll start paying for it but until then they can forget it.
denimdick

Well, I would respectively disagree with Crichton007 and advance and opinion that the Daily Edition by Sony is worth the premium. Before I purchased my DE I compared it in real world situations (i.e. lighting) for readability to the Nook and the Kindle – it by far had (has) the best contrast for not only reading in everyday indoor lighting, but also was far better (i.e actually readable – with the Kindle is not) in outdoor sunlight.

The controls are also much better then either of the above mentioned products – with the Kindle in particular feeling “clunky” and old-world tech – I felt like I was using an Amiga from the 1970s.

Oh, and with the Sony DE you can also download and read books from the public lib. – something that you cannot do with either the Nook or the Kindle. Since I read at least two books a week – taken out from the lib of course – that was a big plus.

I would recommend that before you make a decision on the Sony based upon either my or Crichton007′s comments that you review it against the others on the market. You may be surprised to discover that it is not such a bad deal, even though you pay more upfront.