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I've used the Nook, Sony 350 and the Kindle 3 for extensive periods trying to decide which I wanted to use long term. I would have preferred testing a 650 but they were unavailable in my area. The Nook was fun to play with especially after Softrooting it but as a reader it was just too heavy and the buttons too hard to press. Swiping to turn pages worked well tho.
The Sony...what a neat device. The touchscreen is killer. Adding and creating collections was easy. Selecting books, even with hundreds loaded was a breeze. Boy did I want to keep it. But then I began to read books on it. I could never get a font size that worked for me. When I tried the various page formats I noticed that all they did was stretch or shrink the existing line but with the same number of letters. The font was not very legible to my eyes (being of the older variety). I tried using custom font sizes and custom fonts but was never able to get it right...either too small or too big. Also right hand justification was never reliable.
Then I started to use the Kindle. Its interface was a bit clunky with the 5-way key. Navigation was painful compared to the Sony. What!! No thumbnail bookcovers. But then I started to read with it. The stock font was so much easier to read than the Sony. Using the various hacks to adjust the text to the edge of the screen and right hand justifification made reading much more enjoyable than the 350. I did change the default Caecilia font to Georgia and for me its a great reader. To sum it up I kept the Kindle much as I wanted the sexy Sony. I figured its a reader first. Just 1 guy's opinion but I can see why there are so many Sony fans.
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