Jeff Bezos told me that in theory, he's open to other device makers connecting to the Kindle store. If I were Sony, I woudl take him up on it --the Sony bookstore is no match for Amazon.com, and if Sony charged a lot less for a nice looking e-reader which connected to Amazon via computer, it might have a nice niche.

I say "bullshit", otherwise all the available Mobipocket-capable readers would be able to read AZW already.