Sony's such a tease
If the Sony PRS-500 eBook reader is on your holiday list, you still may be one of the first to get your hands--and eyes--on this oft-delayed gadget.
Sony has shifted the digital book reader from its planned spring debut to summer and now to sometime this fall, according to an e-mail update sent by the company.
The e-mail attempts to lure fans with a peek at sample titles that will be available upon the PRS-500's release, such as "The Da Vinci Code," "Freakanomics" and others hanging out in the top 25 of The New York Times best-seller lists. Of course, if you've already polished off these titles, Sony promises 10,000 more eventually, with 15 categories and 100 subcategories.
As long as you're making a list, maybe ask Santa for Sony to start making its own deadlines.
Erica Ogg is a CNET News reporter who covers Apple, HP, Dell, and other PC makers, as well as the consumer electronics industry. She's also one of the hosts of CNET News' Daily Podcast. In her non-work life, she's a history geek, a loyal Dodgers fan, and a mac-and-cheese connoisseur. E-mail Erica. 
