Sony, who blazed the ebook trail here in the UK, has announced a new ebook reading app will be available for the iPhone and Android-powered handsets “in December”.
Unlike its ebook readers, Sony currently only offers its ebook store in the US and Canada and its not yet clear whether the electronics giant plans to make the store or its app available outside those countries.
Sony joins fellow hardware maker Amazon in taking its ebook service to mobile devices via an app, Amazon’s Kindle app is available on a growing number of platforms where it faces competition from Kobo and, on Apple’s devices, iBooks.