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shore_pk · 11-16-2010, 09:23 PM

Thanks to everyone for the replies. I've read more reviews and I saw the Kindle, Nook & Sony 350 & 950 at Best Buy today.

The 950 was too big and the 350 was too small. I did like how the Sony worked. I would probably like the Sony 650 but I really think I would like wifi and it is really priced too high.

Wifi (and possibly 3G) are important considerations for me because I do not have any other portable device with internet. I live far from any major town and when I go to town I often wish I could look up information about a product, inventory of a product at a store (before driving even further for something), a phone number or an address or map and I wondered if the browser and 3G would on an ereader would suffice for these things. I can't imagine that I would use it for much more than that. I know a reader is meant to read books and that really is what I want it for but I thought I might gain an added benefit. Do the browsers on the Nook and Kindle work about the same, is one particularly better than the other?

PDFs are not important too me unless I find that a book is only available in that format.

I successfully changed an epub from my library to mobi without difficulty today. Of course I can't view it on a Kindle. Do the books retain their formatting well? Converting wasn't too hard but of course not having to do that would even be better. I know that I will probably use a lot of library books or free books. Only on occasion would I purchase a book.

As for the Kindle and the Nook - I though the Kindle screen looked better than the Sony but the display was placed too far from the Nook for me to compare them. Does the Nook have pearl ink?

I still am not sold on the Nook even though it really may have more of what I want. I did see that updated review on cnet that says the firmware updates have helped the Nook but it sounded like it was still sluggish compared to the Kindle. Also, I tried using in the store and found it a bit frustrating compared to the Sony. I don't know if it had the current firmware and I couldn't try navigating the Kindle because it was in demo mode and just ran sample screens (no functions worked).

I have another consideration that might help me make a decision. One of the primary books I would be reading would be the bible. Being able to jump to a specific reference (Matthew 6:10 for example) would be a nice ability and I don't know if there is an app for either the Nook or Kindle that might allow for such a thing.

I also would like being able to search for a word and highlighting, which I guess both do.

TY again,

Linda

11-16-2010, 09:23 PM	#19
shore_pk Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	Thanks to everyone for the replies. I've read more reviews and I saw the Kindle, Nook & Sony 350 & 950 at Best Buy today. The 950 was too big and the 350 was too small. I did like how the Sony worked. I would probably like the Sony 650 but I really think I would like wifi and it is really priced too high. Wifi (and possibly 3G) are important considerations for me because I do not have any other portable device with internet. I live far from any major town and when I go to town I often wish I could look up information about a product, inventory of a product at a store (before driving even further for something), a phone number or an address or map and I wondered if the browser and 3G would on an ereader would suffice for these things. I can't imagine that I would use it for much more than that. I know a reader is meant to read books and that really is what I want it for but I thought I might gain an added benefit. Do the browsers on the Nook and Kindle work about the same, is one particularly better than the other? PDFs are not important too me unless I find that a book is only available in that format. I successfully changed an epub from my library to mobi without difficulty today. Of course I can't view it on a Kindle. Do the books retain their formatting well? Converting wasn't too hard but of course not having to do that would even be better. I know that I will probably use a lot of library books or free books. Only on occasion would I purchase a book. As for the Kindle and the Nook - I though the Kindle screen looked better than the Sony but the display was placed too far from the Nook for me to compare them. Does the Nook have pearl ink? I still am not sold on the Nook even though it really may have more of what I want. I did see that updated review on cnet that says the firmware updates have helped the Nook but it sounded like it was still sluggish compared to the Kindle. Also, I tried using in the store and found it a bit frustrating compared to the Sony. I don't know if it had the current firmware and I couldn't try navigating the Kindle because it was in demo mode and just ran sample screens (no functions worked). I have another consideration that might help me make a decision. One of the primary books I would be reading would be the bible. Being able to jump to a specific reference (Matthew 6:10 for example) would be a nice ability and I don't know if there is an app for either the Nook or Kindle that might allow for such a thing. I also would like being able to search for a word and highlighting, which I guess both do. TY again, Linda