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Old 12-29-2010, 09:28 PM   #157
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Originally Posted by EatingPie View Post
Both are indeed the newest Pearl display (as already stated).

I attended a focus group, and the Sony had a microscopically glossier screen that the Kindle 3. I did a side-by-side, and after looking for several minutes, I noticed it. It is so slight, I am not kidding when I say microscopic. There is no way you could tell unless you had the two side-by-side... and really examined it.

With my own PRS-650, I don't notice it at all, and wonder if it was maybe just the demo unit they had in the focus group. And trust me, I've looked for the glossiness.

The previously mentioned PRS-600 is horribly glossy due to the overlay -- and I agree that's probably what you saw. It's so bad, I was happy to rid myself of it, especially for the $75 trade in.

The Kindle 3 also uses a much better font than Sony Readers. To me, that made a real difference. I would bet dollars to donuts that's what you really noticed if you were looking at a PRS-650 or PRS-350. I've even searched online for the Kindle font to use on the Reader, but haven't tried it yet.

-Pie
Best Buy was a real mess, so who knows. But the so called 350 was a touch screen and it looked like the one I saw on Youtube anyway. Not sure if the 300 looks the same. Anyway, I looked online at Borders they have a 2 week wait for the 350 and the $150 price is online only, not in store pickup. No 650 available of course.

I ordered the Kindle 3 Wireless 2 days ago and it shows won't be shipped til Jan 4-10. Guess they are overselling too.

Now I am having second thoughts, but is seems like the readers are scarce to see or even get.

As you mentioned the font was better on the Kindle. I just noticed it was really super easy to navigate and read, so maybe I shouldn't second guess myself. I also have read some things at mobileread that some people have problems with the Kindle freezing (the sony 505 did that at the beginning) and a loose part in some of them.

The waiting is killing me.
It seemed all of the Sony's had a gloss more than the Kindle, so perhaps they were all older ones, since I don't know what the 600 or 300 look like I can't say.
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