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Originally Posted by charleski
The Kindle is a better choice for those who often travel and are away from their home or who are intimidated by the process of plugging a reader in and syncing (I know plenty of people to whom that would apply). It's also far better for those who want to read across multiple devices (smartphone, reader, PC). If you're going to claim that wireless is a huge benefit because it lets you buy a book in your garden instead of having to walk all the way to your study to plug the thing in, then I'm just going to laugh.
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Being able to buy from the garden is a small benefit, but not the main motivation. When I first bought the Kindle it was because it had search, dictionary lookup, and annotation. The Sony reader at the time just showed you pages. I thought the wireless was a novelty that I'd rarely use since I'm quite comfortable sideloading. What really struck me as great once I started using it is the combination of the wireless and the samples. I can load up with samples of books I think might interest me. When I finish the sample, I can be on to the rest of the book hardly breaking the flow of my reading. That might be on the train, in the gym, at the park, out in the garden or simply with a cup of tea and an obstinate cat. Plus, I have saved a great deal of money not buying books that I ended up not liking well enough to finish. It's just-in-time book buying. It's more than paid for itself while adding a very nice convenience. You can laugh at me all you like.