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tech_au · 10-15-2010, 09:34 PM

I just visited my local Borders in Newcastle, Australia and they had a display with the Sony 350 and 650 plus a Kobo at the front of the store not tucked away in some hidden corner. I was surprised that there was heaps of people looking at the Sony readers(mostly other men and women) but there was little interest in the Kobo reader and the sales assistant seemed to know about the readers. Very unusual for someone who works in a bookstore

It was the first time I had seen the 5 inch reader and it wasn't as small as I expected it to be but still I would get a 6 inch one for the extra screen area.
The 650 seemed faster at changing pages than my 505 and the touch screen was quite responsive.

I also checked out Angus & Robertson and even though they are the same company there was no e-readers there so I guess that's how they are marketing to different audience.

10-15-2010, 09:34 PM	#492
tech_au Oz Bookworm Posts: 516 Karma: 4056 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Australia Device: Sony PRS 505,PRS 650	I just visited my local Borders in Newcastle, Australia and they had a display with the Sony 350 and 650 plus a Kobo at the front of the store not tucked away in some hidden corner. I was surprised that there was heaps of people looking at the Sony readers(mostly other men and women) but there was little interest in the Kobo reader and the sales assistant seemed to know about the readers. Very unusual for someone who works in a bookstore It was the first time I had seen the 5 inch reader and it wasn't as small as I expected it to be but still I would get a 6 inch one for the extra screen area. The 650 seemed faster at changing pages than my 505 and the touch screen was quite responsive. I also checked out Angus & Robertson and even though they are the same company there was no e-readers there so I guess that's how they are marketing to different audience.