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Daemon · 08-21-2010, 02:17 AM

I'm going to be moving to Japan soon, and will be living there for a year. Not exactly a huge supply of English books out there, so I'm looking at getting an ebook reader.

At the moment, it's looking like a bit of a toss-up between the new Kindle and the Sony 600...

My reasoning is as follows - first, they're both fairly inexpensive, being in the vicinity of $150, and seem to be rather far ahead of anything else in the same price range. I'd be willing to spend a bit more if another machine is significantly better, but certainly no more than $200.

I'm leaning slightly toward the sony right now for a few reasons:
1: I understand epub is a bit more common and widely supported than mobi, in public libraries, for example
2: the sony has a metal body rather than a plastic one
3: the sony's storage is expandable

Thing is - I have no idea about the quality of their user interface, or any other aspects I may have missed.

Are there any particular strengths in favor of the new kindle? Any major issues with either? Have I missed some other ebook reader entirely?

08-21-2010, 02:17 AM	#1
Daemon Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	1st ebook reader - probably Sony or the new Kindle I'm going to be moving to Japan soon, and will be living there for a year. Not exactly a huge supply of English books out there, so I'm looking at getting an ebook reader. At the moment, it's looking like a bit of a toss-up between the new Kindle and the Sony 600... My reasoning is as follows - first, they're both fairly inexpensive, being in the vicinity of $150, and seem to be rather far ahead of anything else in the same price range. I'd be willing to spend a bit more if another machine is significantly better, but certainly no more than $200. I'm leaning slightly toward the sony right now for a few reasons: 1: I understand epub is a bit more common and widely supported than mobi, in public libraries, for example 2: the sony has a metal body rather than a plastic one 3: the sony's storage is expandable Thing is - I have no idea about the quality of their user interface, or any other aspects I may have missed. Are there any particular strengths in favor of the new kindle? Any major issues with either? Have I missed some other ebook reader entirely?