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bmatt · 09-17-2010, 03:16 PM

Yea, I'm not sure. It is faster and has the Pearl display, so I understand that. However I think they made a big mistake not including wifi in at least the 650. I know a lot of people say they prefer not having wireless, why I don't know just turn it off. I'd like the option of having it at least, especially for the price. A 802.11b/g card addition to the device is probably negligible as far as costs. If they had wifi in the 650 I would have ordered mine already, now I'm stuck trying to decide what to get, and the Nook seems to be my best option. I could wait for the 950, but $300 just seems a bit excessive when I can get a Nook or Kindle with wifi/3g for under $200... Although the build quality and features of the Sony are more appealing to me.

EDIT: Though I bet bringing the 350 up to similar hardware as the 650 helped them offset the costs a little, possibly. Though I think they are not concentrating on important factors for an eReader, convenience.

09-17-2010, 03:16 PM	#2
bmatt Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 12 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Sony PRS-650	Yea, I'm not sure. It is faster and has the Pearl display, so I understand that. However I think they made a big mistake not including wifi in at least the 650. I know a lot of people say they prefer not having wireless, why I don't know just turn it off. I'd like the option of having it at least, especially for the price. A 802.11b/g card addition to the device is probably negligible as far as costs. If they had wifi in the 650 I would have ordered mine already, now I'm stuck trying to decide what to get, and the Nook seems to be my best option. I could wait for the 950, but $300 just seems a bit excessive when I can get a Nook or Kindle with wifi/3g for under $200... Although the build quality and features of the Sony are more appealing to me. EDIT: Though I bet bringing the 350 up to similar hardware as the 650 helped them offset the costs a little, possibly. Though I think they are not concentrating on important factors for an eReader, convenience. Last edited by bmatt; 09-17-2010 at 03:19 PM.