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Lt. Brannigan · 01-08-2011, 01:07 PM

Hopefully, no one minds me posting my thoughts on the two readers. My Kindle came in the mail the other day and I was able to play with it.

The Kindle
is not as nice as I had thought it would be. In my experience it's not very intuitive at all, in fact I am still in the process of figuring everything out.

It does Handle PDF's nicely. The "text to speech" feature is nice and makes for tolerable listening experience. The biggest problem I had with this was that it's difficult to navigate with that 5 way directional pad, it feels real jerky when reading a book that has content pages.

The device itself feels very fragile and gives me concern that one wrong move would break it in half.

The Sony Reader (PRS350)
I have fallen in love with, it is a highly intuitive interface and is instantly usable without any consulting of instruction manuals, it is a headache free device. And the touch screen is a real plus, and with only 5 buttons you won't have to worry about accidentally hitting the wrong button.

The negatives are few and in no way should discourage anyone from considering this device. Many of my notes are illegible which is due to both my ridiculously poor hand writing and the inaccuracy of the touchscreen and stylus.
It also makes for an interesting time trying to highlight certain things.

The final con is that you can't easily buy books from Amazon.

01-08-2011, 01:07 PM	#38
Lt. Brannigan Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 4502 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pocatello, Idaho Device: Sony PRS350, Kindle Wi-Fi.	Hopefully, no one minds me posting my thoughts on the two readers. My Kindle came in the mail the other day and I was able to play with it. The Kindle is not as nice as I had thought it would be. In my experience it's not very intuitive at all, in fact I am still in the process of figuring everything out. It does Handle PDF's nicely. The "text to speech" feature is nice and makes for tolerable listening experience. The biggest problem I had with this was that it's difficult to navigate with that 5 way directional pad, it feels real jerky when reading a book that has content pages. The device itself feels very fragile and gives me concern that one wrong move would break it in half. The Sony Reader (PRS350) I have fallen in love with, it is a highly intuitive interface and is instantly usable without any consulting of instruction manuals, it is a headache free device. And the touch screen is a real plus, and with only 5 buttons you won't have to worry about accidentally hitting the wrong button. The negatives are few and in no way should discourage anyone from considering this device. Many of my notes are illegible which is due to both my ridiculously poor hand writing and the inaccuracy of the touchscreen and stylus. It also makes for an interesting time trying to highlight certain things. The final con is that you can't easily buy books from Amazon. Last edited by Lt. Brannigan; 01-08-2011 at 01:10 PM.