So what e-reader do you use now you've given up on Sony?

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by sabredog

Purchased a T3 last night and partnered with Calibre (with input from a helpful apprentice), I am quite happy to continue to buy Sony ereaders.

Then it'll be another T3. I seriously doubt they'll produce another e-reader. Unless you buy that that $1100 morbius e-ink pdf reader.

[radius]

Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan

If I were to change, I would either purchase a Kindle if I really still want the e-Ink feel or I'd more likely invest in an iPad Air. (When I think about the number of re-purchases of Sony's I've made, I'm really on par with an iPad's price.)

How is the iPad any better with respect to DRM than an eink-based reader?

And if you mean to read DRM-free content on the iPad, then you could just as well do it on the eink reader.

[teija]

Originally Posted by LaughingVulcan

(When I think about the number of re-purchases of Sony's I've made, I'm really on par with an iPad's price.)

I've purchased mine slightly used or as really good deals, so the amount I've spent on my eReaders up until last week was under $100. Truth being told, I could have managed perfectly fine with just my Kobo Mini (still my favorite) and that only cost me $38... that's nowhere NEAR the cost of my iPad ($550), and I will not prefer to read on the iPad regardless of cost, as I find the eInk so much easier on my eyes - in fact I bought my eReader long after I bought the iPad, as the iPad just wasn't "cutting it" for my reading activity.

[PatGIV]

I too, will continue w/my trusty T1 w/calibre. Both do an excellent job, so why switch?

[sabredog]

Originally Posted by Rizla

Then it'll be another T3. I seriously doubt they'll produce another e-reader. Unless you buy that that $1100 morbius e-ink pdf reader.

Ahhh, no. Who knows what the future will bring. My daughter is loving her Kobo Touch and having used the original Kobo without issues, perhaps will head down that path if Sony stop producing ereaders.

[DoctorOhh]

Two of my kids have PRS-350s and I gave my other son and his wife my PRS-505 and PRS-950. All of the metioned readers had PRS+ on them. I moved on to a Nexus 7 with Calibre Companion and Moon+ Reader Pro and have never looked back.

[speakingtohe]

I love my T3, best ereader I have owned so far. No page turn issues, collections menu opens in seconds with 3000+ books on SD card, no crashes or reboots, battery lasts well and no spontaneous discharges, back button and all other functions work as expected. Not perfect but better than any others I own or have tried.

If Sony does not produce another ereader in the fall I will get another T3 or a used 350 to replace my broken mini.


Helen

[Glorfindel]

I don't own a Sony so I'm shutting-up

[Glorfindel]

honest, won't say another word

[Glorfindel]

not even ONE

[Glorfindel]

I'm so bad at this

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

I don't own a Sony so I'm shutting-up

That's never stopped a Kindle owner before

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

I love my T3, best ereader I have owned so far. No page turn issues, collections menu opens in seconds with 3000+ books on SD card, no crashes or reboots, battery lasts well and no spontaneous discharges, back button and all other functions work as expected. Not perfect but better than any others I own or have tried.

If Sony does not produce another ereader in the fall I will get another T3 or a used 350 to replace my broken mini.

Helen

The T3 looks nice (lack of front-light notwithstanding). But you can't customize the user interface. Everything by Sony up to the 650 is much-loved partly because of PRS+. Without PRS+, the firmware was solid, but feature-poor. The T1 / T2 could be rooted, so again they could be customized. The T3 cannot be rooted, so users are stuck with the the solid but less-than-stellar UI that Sony includes.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by sabredog

Ahhh, no. Who knows what the future will bring. My daughter is loving her Kobo Touch and having used the original Kobo without issues, perhaps will head down that path if Sony stop producing ereaders.

you said Sony.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Rizla

That's never stopped a Kindle owner before

Hey, I only responded in this thread to peoples' comments about Kindles!

Not all of us feel the need to advertise/interject with random ill-informed remarks about non-Amazon products, you know.

Okay, maybe just a little. I did, after all, give Kindles some visibility.