|
I have the PRS 505 and the Kindle (arrived 2 days ago). I've tried very hard to get used to the Kindle, but am just not happy with the way it formats text and the way you have to hold it. It's possible to import books into the Sony so they look however you want them -- you can't do that on the Kindle. I tried the same book on both, and found the Sony was 1. easier to read, 2. seemed brighter, 3. the font seemed clearer (it seems to use higher res in imaging text), 4. the Sony gets about 60% more text on the page with better readability. The ability of the Kindle to download things wirelessly is amazing, but in other respects it seems far inferior to the Sony.
Other quibbles: The Sony is esthetically satisfying, the Kindle isn't. When I lose a page on the Sony, I can recover where I was using the history selection. I can't on the Kindle -- and I lose my place a lot more often because of its "wings" which keep getting pressed when I don't want to. The covers for the Sony are much better.
On the other hand, the experience buying books or newspapers on the Kindle is infinitely smoother than on the Sony. But for me this doesn't compensate for the negative points of the reader. Mossberg's review in the WSJ was right on, I think.
|