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Originally Posted by cuteseal
Congrats on your purchase! Note though that the 505 is an older model - I wonder how the performance and screen compares to the newer Sonys?
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Should be the same screen performance since they're the same screens and the new Sony devices do not use an optically degrading touch layer anymore. Since I stick to custom PDFs and almost never make use of the other functions, I felt that the price-performance ratio of the Kindle was better than that of the Sony devices--especially as I was not expecting a significant improvement in performance. I didn't want to spend the coin a Sony device would command for an incremental upgrade in the areas I felt important. Availability locally was also a small contributing factor.
I'm not doing a comparison of two
brands at all. My post was much more about the upgrade from a "classic" older device like the PRS-505 (which was thought by some to be the best of its generation) to a new device with a Pearl display, and how the difference between old and new is quite a bit bigger than some would have me believe. The new Sony devices may well be better for those who want what it brings to the table. My ultimate point was that whether one goes with a new Kindle, a new Sony or some other upcoming, faster Pearl-based reader, the improvement in usability and readability is probably worth an upgrade.