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It is a day for Sony news it seems, but this is based on a very interesting notice pasted on a professional bulletin board which has now apparently been taken down. According to the posting, Sony is looking for an engineer with Android experience to join their Reader team…gosh I wonder why?

The way I see it, despite a lot of tough talk about refusing to drop the price of their ebook readers further so as to not compromise their quality, the powers that be at Sony have realized there may not be room in the Ebook Reader market for more than three players…and right now that would be Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble. Sony and their Reader line would be fourth right now…and that may not be good enough. They need to do something to find something to make their devices unusual or to at least add value. Now, if they made the Sony Touch Reader run Android 2.2 or 3 like a full fledged tablet….that could do it.

There is some chance they could mean to roll out a new OS to their existing Readers, but I think it far more likely they release a totally new model, perhaps replacing the standard Pocket Reader.

The ad has been removed, either because it was a mistake (possible) or Sony just didn’t want sites like this speculating about what they are up to (more likely). However, check out the want ad after the jump, and draw your own conclusions.

(Source: The Digital Reader)