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Sony Reader not supported on Mac "because there's not enough users'

Marky_Mark

Marky_Mark

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This was the BS I was fed by Sony UK customer support today. :rolleyes:

I, and I'm sure many others, have been waiting for this product to come to the UK since it's announcement about 18 months ago. It's finally due to come to the UK around the end of September.

Please could I enlist the services of all you fine, fine people to petition and lobby Sony to provide Mac support? Even if you have no plans to buy one yourself, if we all write to them, they cannot dispute that there is a sizable market for which to make the investment worthwhile. If we cannot use this vocal and switched on community to turn shortsighted and prejudiced business decisions like this around, there's no hope!

Thanks to everyone, I appreciate your help and support.

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Sony UK Limited
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That pretty funny considering Apple supported Blu-ray (speaking in the past-tense as BRD drives are yet to be seen from Apple).
 
GSMiller said:
That pretty funny considering Apple supported Blu-ray (speaking in the past-tense as BRD drives are yet to be seen from Apple).
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Apple is still part of the Blu-Ray Consortium. They are likely waiting for burners to become affordable.

As for the Sony Reader, Good Luck, rarely does this kind of action work. But when it does, it makes the news... Like the iPhone rebates.

TEG
 
For my part, I cannot believe that two and a half million Mac sales this quarter can be described by anyone as 'not enough users'.

If you have the time, write the letter; me and my old mum will appreciate it, at least.

:)


Thanks
 
Marky_Mark said:
For my part, I cannot believe that two and a half million Mac sales this quarter can be described by anyone as 'not enough users'.

If you have the time, write the letter; me and my old mum will appreciate it, at least.

:)


Thanks
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from their point of view if only 10 of those two and a half million mac users want mac support for their product, it's not enough to make the effort. if even half of those emailed and said "hey we want to use this with our macs" that would be a whole different thing. i'm assuming they aren't getting that kind of feedback though, hence their thinking that there isn't a market for it.
 
Not sure if they're available in the UK, but my wife has an Amazon Kindle, which happens to work just fine with the Mac.
The books are dowloaded and saved to the device via USB (the Kindle's wireless connection works very poorly where we live despite being listed in a service zone. Works elsewhere, however).

She looked as the Sony Reader, but the library of books is much smaller. The units are more sleek than the Kindle, but, as you've noticed, there's no Mac support, either.
 
It sucks, Sony does not support Macs, and that's one of the reasons why I have a kindle. (Sorry it's not an option for you :()

there's a few other devices out there that offer ebooks and are mac compatible I believe...google the cybook gen3, IIRC they support non drm'd mobipocket files, and maybe drm'd, i cant remember. But that'll definitely open up your options at least a little.
 
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