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Originally Posted by mikij
I also found somewhere that K3 will be sold below price. However, I won't go with them. Cheap plastic case is not very robust and I don't like this kind of stuff. Why putting all our eggs in one (Amazon) basket when we know we can buy or download for free (PD) books we can read on our Sony or Kobo or whatever reader.
OK,OK...Sony has the best case, decent screen contrast and (at least PRS-600) touch screen. They always go for quality (but their Store is not well equipped). And their readers are open for many formats.
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If your only measurement of quality of a device is the material the housing is made of, then you may well be right. I had a play with the new DX and it seems pretty robust to me. The keyboard does feel a bit cheap though, but that's about the only thing that sticks out.
WTR formats, that's not a very strong argument. Kindle reads non-DRM PRC/Mobi format as well and there are many books in this format. I would have preferred to see it support ePUB but IMHO it's not a biggie.
Most people don't have a very strong brand loyalty. At the end of the day, most of these devices come out of the same factory sweat shop in China. What matters is the bang for your buck, and I personally thing that Amazon is kicking everybody's pants at the moment.
On one hand, this is a very bad news indeed for competition, especially smaller players in the market. On the other hand it may serve as a proverbial kick in the backside for others to start diversifying their products. The e-reader market was getting a bit stale - everybody was pushing the same product.
Sorry for going off topic a bit there
. To summarise, I hope Sony steps up their game, Amazon not all good/not all bad.
