Sony’s upcoming Reader team press conference has left us wondering what the company has left in its ebook reader bag to announce, but according to a report in the New York Times there’ll be changes in both file format and hardware line-up. The paper is suggesting that Sony will scrap their proprietary ebook format, BeBB, in favor of the open ePub standard; as well as that, they’ll reveal plans for a wirelessly-enabled ebook reader for release later in the year. Update: Sony have confirmed the switch to ePub; press release after the cut.
Details of the new Reader are scarce, with the NYT only suggesting that it would be able to wirelessly download new content and, as a result, take on Amazon’s Kindle. There’s no clarification as to whether the wireless involved would be WiFi, 3G WWAN or a combination of the two.
As for the new ePub adoption, the company are also tipped to be dropping their proprietary DRM encryption system and replacing it with Adobe’s version. The move would open up Sony’s ebook store to access from devices not from its own range, and potentially establish it not just as a companion to the Sony Reader devices but a commercial concern in its own right.
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