Originally Posted by sun surfer
Bookworm_Girl, thank you so much for your fabulous post! You really answered my questions thoroughly. It is disappointing about the samples, because that's one thing I love about the nook. I'll just decide to browse around the store and download a random sample to read (and I've ended up buying quite a few books after this too...). It's like the fun of browsing around a physical bookstore for random books, but anywhere you may be. So that sucks about the Sony! I've gotten so used to never plugging my nook into my computer, but if I must I guess I can do that with the Sony to put samples on it, but still, doing it that way sort of takes the element of impulsive fun out of it, when I could just do it with the touch of my finger wherever I was.
Despite that, I think you guys may have sold me. I want to try a 950 now! It's now a matter of price. I see it's down to $250 at the store, but after seeing the $199 deal (even though it was an error it was honoured) I really want to get it for that price, so I'm holding out for the time being, trying to keep a look out over the next week with Black Friday coming up. I know it's not on any big retailers BF lists, but I'm hoping some website will have a good deal. If not I may jump on the $250 deal bandwagon before it's over, we'll see. I'm itching to try it out now!
Once I get it, if I do, then I'll probably keep both for a few weeks to make sure I prefer it to my nook. I will only be keeping one, so I'll either sell the nook or return the Sony. But if I get rid of my nook, I still may come back to it if an e-ink nook 2 is ever released. I'm a one e-reader type of person, but I am fine with buying the new one when it comes out, whatever the new one may be, and getting rid of the older one, as often as needed. So we'll see. I am going to miss the B&N store, the in-store experience, the customer service, the samples, the colour cover flow, the large selection of accessories, but to me getting a 2-page landscape view, the ability to write handwritten notes and a lighter device may be worth it.
What's funny to me is that I started the thread debating the nook vs 650 vs 350, and now I'm wanting something else. Although to be fair the 950 is still Sony, and I just hadn't realised that it wasn't any bigger than the nook, making it feasible.
And btw, though I may end up going with a Sony, I'm glad a few people voted for the nook! It's a great device and I felt bad for it getting beat up so bad in the poll lol (though I think that had more to do with people responding to my list of wants in particular).
|