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I have owned a PRS-500 since Jan/07 and bought the PRS-505 a couple of weeks ago. After seeing the Kindle launch, I got my RMA from Sony, returned my PRS-505 and ordered the Kindle. To be honest, when I look at Sony's track record in other areas (e.g. DAPs) and then consider the e-book space, I simply don't think that they can or have the will to compete. In addition, there were simply too many features on the Kindle that compelled me to convert:
- OTA book purchases
- Decent pricing - Let's face it buying books on Connect hurts both from a pricing and user experience perspective
- Breadth of available content vs Connect
- Ability to purchase periodicals such as newspapers and magazines
- Access to online resources such as Wikipedia
- Same e-ink tech as the 505
I do love Sony's design, and I agree with another poster who pointed out his hope that Sony will (be able to) license/partner with Amazon in the future.
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