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Old 11-22-2010, 07:39 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by viviena View Post
To be honest, I'd suggest steering clear of the offerings at JBHiFi and by Kogan. I know they have their supporters here, but they honestly have poor reputations, and JBHiFi's offerings are overpriced for what they are.
Sage advice.

There has been a small surge in cheap devices labeled as ereaders here of late. these range from $99 to over $250 and pretty much all of them are less than useful.

I just recommended a Kindle3 to a friend's wife to use. The reason? Easy to use and download books to. If the device was for him, then I would have recommended a Sony or Kobo because of the wider range of estores the devices are able to access.

For an entry level ereader that displays ePUB ebooks then the Kobo is the way ahead. As mentioned earlier, the final price of the Ko2 is not yet set, but I could not see it over AU$179. The Sony PRS-650 in comparison is AU$299.
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