I have been battling this out in my mind for about a month now and I am still just as stuck as I was to begin with.
At first, I couldn't decide between a 350 and a Kindle 3, but even though I cringe at the higher price of the 650, I like the size of it better and I want to enjoy my experience.
Here are my pro's and con's:
Pro's for Kindle:
- 3G/WiFi means that you can buy books without hooking up to a computer
- Bigger book selection on Amazon.com
- Usually the lowest prices for eBooks on Amazon.com
- Can go online with 3G
Con's for Kindle:
- Bigger and would be hard to carry around in my purse
- Apparently you cannot jump ahead to a specific page unless you already bookmarked it... which would be really annoying when reading a non-fiction book for information. Am I wrong in thinking you can't skip ahead??
- Cannot rent from libraries
- Basically locked into the Amazon.com store without extra effort
- Apparently does not have an easy way to use a English/Spanish dictionary while reading... there is no official dictionary on board.
Pro's for 650
- Touch screen makes interface easy to use
- Double tap a word to look it up in the dictionary
- Contains foreign language translation dictionaries on top of regular English one
- Can download books from public libraries
- The 650 seems smaller.... smaller means it can go in my purse more easily
- You can jump ahead to any page in the book or slide ahead in the book
- You can take free-hand notes on the touch screen over a page
- Better with pdf's
Con's for 650
- Cannot get books from Amazon
- No Wifi/3G
- Less options for text
- More expensive!
Help! I keep wavering no matter what I think I have decided on.
