New Kindle, Nook, Kobo
I'm looking for an E-ink reader and was about to walk into Barnes and Noble and buy a Nook when I saw this forum and read about the Kobo and now the new Kindle coming out. I have a 5" Jetbook, whick I do like but it's hard to read in the evening, and since prices are coming down, want to get an E-ink book now. Had my mind made-up until yesterday and now I'm really leaning towards pre-ordering the Kindle.
I loved the look and feel of the Kobo and it's abilty to read library books and use only Calibre. It also uses an SD card like my Jetbook, but that's not really of importance to me as I'll never have more than 50 or so books books stored on my reader. The page turns seemed irritatingly slow and the only reason I was able to see reader in operation was another customer had one in the store asking for help.....
I saw a Sony 600 at Best Buy, but could not read for the glare and found the text blurred, so nixed that one right off. While there saw a Nook and went on to research it more so walked next door to Barnes and Noble. I don't need Wifi or 3g, my iphone does all of that stuff. I just want to read. The Nook seemed to have the best clarity of text of them all and had a much faster page turn than the Kobo. The sales person thought it would read DRM books, but was not sure.
Now, I"ve read of the new features and great screen clarity on the new Kindle wifi coming out in August and am seriously considering waiting for it.
My daughter's Kindle 2 has been bulletproof and she loves it... I guess alot of us are facing this dilemma right now with the new untried Kindle about to come out at a great price.. Thoughts from any other shoppers? It's weekend and have to keep my car away from Barnes and Noble. The instant gratifiation of walking out with a Nook over pre-ordering is very tempting.
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