[estrial]

hellohello! I've had a look at the Sony's today. They look adorable! I must say, the screens look similar, I could hardly see much difference the screens. But, the design of the Sony e-readers and the feel of it is much more refined. I really loved how compact the 5'inch screen one was, but felt alittle sad about how we weren't able to change the font into san-serif typeface like we could on the kindle as it is defaulted to what the publisher put them as on the epubs. The interface of Sony's e-readers are mainly navigated by touch, I get too fussy with finger prints, but it can also be navigated by using the stylus. Sony offers external storage but no wifi or 3g, which had become something I've learnt to enjoy with the kindle.(ease of getting books, tweeting, without having to run to my computer)

Sony's firmware feels good, you are able to see all your book covers on display and not limited to title/author words display, despite the smoother transitions there is still lag if you take notes with the stylus which is pretty much the same as the Bebook Neo. The page flips, book change and menu up is almost instant. Kindle's 3.01 update has hastened the speed of the firmware and also stabilized it more so. Both the speeds of Sony's and Kindle's page flips are comparable, with Sony's probably a tad slower(maybe my fingers just slow at sweeping the screens)


For the price I paid for my kindle 6"inch 204AUD 4gigs(non-expandable) 3g/wifi
the 5"inch sony reader is 229AUD has 2gigs(non-expandable) Touchscreen/stylus comes in colours.
the 6"inch for 299AUD 2gigs(expandable SD and Sonysticks) Touchscreen/stylus comes in colours.

My verdict is that. I do not want to give my kindle up. Maybe Im old fashioned and not like using my fingers to poke on screens.(other than my mobile phone) However, I really love the feel of the Sony e-reader's light aluminum casing. They feel classy and more fashionable as they do come in different colours which gives more choices for personalization instead of buying a decal to stick it on. Maybe my next e-reader would be a Sony if the Kindle decides to fail in the future. But for now, I shall stick to my kindle as I am unwilling to pay an extra 25AUD to downgrade to 5"inch screen or 95AUD to purchase the sony 6"inch and not have the ease of adding new books to my library while I am not at home.

(according to the nice dude in the Sony store the 5"inch is almost sold out so if you are looking to buy it. Either order or get it quick)