$49 for Sony Reader—if you use the Sony card (plus a tip to improve contrast on PDFs)
By Robert Nagle
Update, 11 a.m., July 9: Read comments on this post. Did ID thieves hack the company site? Skepticism about this claimed offer is growing. Perhaps the offer is legit, but hold off on pursuing it until we find out for sure. - David Rothman.
MobileRead reports a new offer: Get a Sony credit card, buy Sony Reader for only $49. Next question: how soon before next gen Vizplex-equipped Sony Reader displays hit the market? It’s a race between NAEB Bookeen and Sony; who will win?
Peter, a Sony Reader newbie, is blogging about his experience. Highlights: how Rastifarian utility improves contrast on PDFs, reading comics on Sony Reader.
If you browse the MobileRead forums, you notice a lot of intercontinental envy. Europeans can’t take advantage of US-only promotions. Americans get screwed on VAT and the dollar’s fall against the Euro. Americans pray to get their hands on Hanlin devices for the domestic China market or tablets that are becoming popular in S. Korea or Japan. I pay $20 for 1.5Mbps in Texas; woe is me! Look what they have in Asia. We may be speaking the same language (English), but doesn’t mean national borders don’t affect our consumer choices.
Look on the bright-side. At least all of us here use languages with recursion.
Related: Louisville newspaper’s article on Sony Reader and books available for it. Also see Bob’s MobileRead post on the joys of reading books together with a significant other. With two separate e-reader devices, I’d hope. Oh, here’s to the cause of shared annotations!
July 7th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
What the chance’s of the offer being made by Sony Credit Card, on the MobileRead board, being a phishing scheme, sounds to good to be true.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:12 am
That was my concern, too. I poked around on the Sony and Sony Card sites, but found no mention of this offer.
July 9th, 2007 at 10:56 am
The full URL includes “sony.com.” But has someone hacked the Sony site? I’m checking into this. - David
August 13th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
I just placed th order for mine on sonyrewards.com
You sign up for a sony visa or mc through chase
Then activate the card
You sign up with sony rewards
Go to redeem rewards
Pick the sony reader for ?16999 points/ They credit you points
You then have to pay for the remaining ?5000 points for $59
That incorporates the S&H/ no tax
Hope to see my reader soon.