Got a not from Sony PR sayingthat the price of the Sony Reader Wi-Fi has permanently dropped to $129 today. You can also get an additional $50 off  by trading in any brand eReader for a new Sony Reader WiFi through Dec. 31, bringing the price down to $79. More info here....

The best technology review site on the web, MobileTechReview, takes a look at the $149 touch-enabled Sony ereader:   ...

For those who favor the Sony Reader, Engadget reports that the latest version, with wi-fi and a Pearl e-ink touchscreen, has just become available for pre-order for $149.99 from Sony’s website. The device will ship sometime around October 16th. I have my doubts that Sony is going to have staying power in the e-reader biz for much longer, but perhaps it will surprise me. At any rate, if you have a thing for the Sony Reader, have a blast....

More details are coming out about Sony’s latest entry into the e-reader market, the T1. At 168g (5.9 oz), the device is touted as the lightest e-reader ever, with a 6” touchscreen display, stylus, and built-in wi-fi access. The wi-fi will allow purchases from Sony’s on-line bookstore, and also borrowing e-books wirelessly from libraries that support it. The US cost of the device will be $149. Available in red, white, and black colors, the black version (but not the other two) will include a coupon for a free download of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone “while supplies last”....

Seemingly relegated to the also-ran position by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, and possibly even Kobo, Sony is still not giving up the e-reader fight just yet. Engadget reports on finding a new wi-fi-equipped Sony PRS-T1 e-reader for sale on a Dutch webpage. The device hews to the standard black, angular Sony style, and Engadget speculates that it might be Android-powered just based on what its control buttons look like. The device costs €165 (equivalent to $240 US) on that website, and will probably be a bit cheaper when and if it’s introduced here—but can it be cheap...

Just a few days ago, Sony executive Phil Lubell told Bloomberg that the company has two new ereader devices launching "probably" in August. Now the company appears to be backtracking on that statement, according to a response it sent to VentureBeat today. VentureBeat's article, published yesterday, looked at Sony's poor performance in the ereader wars compared to Amazon and Barnes & Noble, despite having a head start. There's not a lot of new information for the Teleread audience. However, Sony took issue with the article and responded with this: It is true that Sony is committed to the Reader category and believes...

Although Sony has long offered some nicely designed, feature-packed E Ink readers, the company has trailed Amazon and Barnes & Noble for a while now in both sales and media coverage, and this week is no exception. Yesterday, while Amazon sucked up all the media attention, Sony Electronic's vice president of digital reading Phil Lubell told Bloomberg that his company plans to introduce two new Sony Reader models "probably" in August, and is currently working on two tablet devices for release later in 2011. The article doesn't provide much info in the way of hardware specs, but it looks like prices...

The rest of the title of the article in Appolicious is: "... arrives late and is lacking". If you own a Sony Reader device, you'll enjoy this new app. If not, you'll find this 1.0 app doesn't match the features of the apps for the Nook and Kindle, so it won't be as compelling. ... The Reader app works well enough, but the features aren't up to par with the Nook and Kindle apps. ... What’s missing? A fair amount including — locking landscape or portrait mode against accidental flip, dictionary lookup or using book content as search words out on...

In an update to the story I posted earlier today about Apple rejecting Sony's Reader app, Ars Technica has now heard a response from Apple, and it comes with some pretty dire implications for other e-book apps. It seems that Apple is no longer going to be content to allow apps to access content purchased elsewhere unless it comes with an identical option to purchase the content from within the app as well. The rub here is, of course, that Apple takes a 30% cut of any purchases made within the app itself. And since agency pricing (which Apple...

Remember my concern that Apple’s new rules for in-app purchases might imperil e-book reader apps other than its own iBooks? It looks like the process may be beginning. Sony has been trying to bring a Sony Reader e-book app to the iPhone (only arriving about three years late to the party—seriously, why did they wait this long?), but Apple has told them nothing doing. Sony writes on its e-book store site: Unfortunately, with little notice, Apple changed the way it enforces its rules and this will prevent the current version of the Reader™ for iPhone® from being available in the app...

Sony has now released its Android app. It's available in the Android Market, but will only work with version 2.0 and above....

I am now starting my fourth year as an owner of a dedicated ereading device. Three Christmases ago, my wife bought me a Sony 505, my first dedicated ereading device and my first introduction to the eInk screen. This past October, I bought myself a new Sony 950 and passed my 505 on to my wife. As I have noted before, the 505 still works (and looks) as if brand new. With the 505 I noticed that I began to read more fiction in ebook form, yet my primary reading remained hardcover nonfiction. This really remained true until perhaps six to...