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I'm upset, i just wrote a pretty decent post and it was thrown away when i press the submit button.
I'm not familar with the Sony. I plan to check it out over the weekend possibly at Best Buy. Hopefully they have one on display that i can try.
What I'm not interested in just READING passively wiht my eReader. My goal is to study and to be able to refer back to things i've read on the fly. I often engage in debates on apologetics issues and it would be nice to be able to do a search on the books I've read, find the notes I've written and retrieve them on the fly. So I'd like to be able to search across books. I'd also like it to be easy to create notes.
I tried the Kindle at Target yesterday for just about 30 to 45 minutes. They didn't have any for purchasing. I don't care about WiFi. I'm perfectly happy with downloading books and loading them via a cable. I hate Kindle's navigation arrows. They seem clumbersome. But I've only used it for a few minutes perhaps having it for a month would change my mind. Taking notes wiht the Kindle was not easy. I also did not find it easy to view my notes.
I've not tried the Sony but here are somethings i think at least sounds good.
1) It has a touch screen. I assume it make navigation a lot easier and a lot more intuitive.
2) It allows more digital formats. If i wanted to upload a MS Word Doc, I can. I can't think of any reason i would but at least the option is there.
3) I don't use the Library very much but if i can download a book without going and see if i like it before I buy it then why not use it.
4) I won't be tied to just one store or product. This may not be a big issue if DRM breaking remains good.
5) Expansion slots for memory. Kindle claims you can load 3,500 books so i don't really see this as an issue. I don't know how many books Sony can story without the Memory cards.
6) I'm concerned about both dying when the battery becomes too weak.
Kindle is better in the following ways
1) It has longer battery life
2) It seems to have a much larger eBook selection. This may not be a big issue if i can break the DRM.
3) Kindle's price seems more reasonable especially when you consider the sizes available.
4) Kindle is bigger at almost every level and is cheaper.
What i really want is good navigation, the ability to take notes with easy, the ability to quote and reference materials in my own documents (such as emails or research papers), the ability to pull up information on the fly when i need to search across books for a quote that i like. For the most part, everything else is just extra.
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