Sony Reader Digital Books 2009

The $399 Sony Reader Daily Edition completes their trio of new eBook readers, a line that features the recently announced $299 Touch Edition, and the $199 Pocket Edition. Shipping this December, the Daily Edition sports a 3G wireless broadband connection (powered by AT&T) enabling it to download content over-the-air a la Amazon Kindle. Also like Kindle, there are no connection fees, nor option to surf the web. Unlike Kindle, Sony is uncharacteristically supporting the EPUB standard, which means that purchased content is interoperable with other software and devices. Mac users are officially supported now too! (Isn't competition great?) This Mac user will seriously consider a Sony Reader should the fabled Apple tablet or something better fail to materialize by the first half of 2010. In the meantime, kudos to Sony for acting on customer feedback, and taking advantage of the open EPUB format.