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Originally Posted by ejm
My wife and I have the SONY PRS-600 and the B&N nook (original with 3G) in the house. We mostly use them for library books to read in bed - and so for us that's the key to our strong preference. The nook beats the PRS-600 "hands down" in that the SONY has a firmware defect that prevents you from using BOTH epub and pdf library books at the same time. They have a support link that basically tells you to avoid trying (see below)
I also think the nook's screen is more "paper white" than the SONY and therefore incrementally better contrast, especially in lower light situations.
The nook has since dropped price a few times and recently B&N has introduced a new model without 3G feature. Unless you need to buy books on the road (via AT&T 3G) when you are nowhere near a wifi connection (which all nooks still include anyhow), then the current non-3G nook would be my first choice.
In fact, if we could do it over again, we'd return both of our current readers for a pair of (non-3G) nooks.
Happy hunting.
SONY link: http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/d...nalId=C1008686 |
I noticed that as well when I was in Best Buy over the weekend. The difference in contrast between the Nook and the 600 is pretty dramatic. I honestly don't understand the attraction. It has very little internal memory, low contrast, no wireless connectivity, no replacable battery, and to top it off it's more expensive then the Nook lite (wi fi only) If I lived outside the US I honestly think the KOBO is a better option.
The problem with Sony is they have "Pride" issues. They always seem to think that people will buy them because they are "Sony"
Sony was the first company to create portable music and portable MP3 players yet they allowed Apple just take over basically without a fight.
Sony was the King of TV's but they allowed Samsung and even Vizio come waltzing right in and overtake them as the best selling HDTV's.
Sony has been at the ereader business well before Amazon and Barnes and Noble yet they allowed Amazon to just again take right over and now Barnes and Noble is cruises right on by them (at least here in the US)
Sony's higher ups need to do a little swallowing of some pride and some reality checks are in order. People just don't buy something because it says Sony on the front anymore like they did in the 1980's.