[Bic]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Hello, Bic. Many of the reviews came out several months ago when Sony first unveiled the new models 350/650/950.

Engadget has a review here with a video and a very large gallery of photos.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/01/s...entire-reader/

CNET has a review here.
http://reviews.cnet.com/e-book-reade...-34167294.html

Thanks, Bookworm Girl, but these are not for the PRS-950. Other than the EBook Reader review and the ones on YouTube (which I've seen, but thanks varmemester), all the major tech sites seem to be ignoring the 950.

I'm glad to hear about the Android apps (I have Kindle for Android, not bad for my 4.3 inch Sprint Evo screen). I do like the light weight of the K3, don't mind pressing buttons to turn pages (concerned about fingerprints when reading a touchscreen), but do like the idea of 7" screen. When I went to BestBuy they didn't have any demo models of the 950. My other concern is that inkmesh.com (which searches for ebooks and compares prices) claims that Sony books are still more expensive on average than Amazon or B&N and have more problems in getting many ebooks compared to the other two. (see http://goo.gl/2eFXZ). Finally, I worry about Customer Service -- the few times I tried calling Sony to ask some questions, it was a miserable experience. Amazon on the otherhand has been terrific.

so you can see I'm on the fence between K3 and Sony 950 and weighing all factors before I jump in. That's why I was hoping to read some first-hand accounts of the 950 (not the 650 or 350) here, but I'm surprised at how few there are (here and in the tech blogs)