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Originally Posted by Poppaea
I am shortsighted and love the XSfont when reading ePub format. It is perfect for me.
And I will never understand that "I wanna have wifi" thing as my reader holds up to 1200 books and in normal life you are at least twice a day next to a computer. Heck, there are computers everywhere: at home, workplace, there are even coffeeplaces that have computers ready... As long as you are not going on an expedition to Antarctica I don't see the need for wifi and even then you'd have the 1200 book on board. So, please, give me a break.
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You don't get WiFi and I don;t get the touchscreen love. Different strokes for different folks.
I was sitting in an airport and I finished Robert Jordan's first book. I had not purchased the second book because I wanted to see if enjoyed the first book. I did. I was getting ready to board a plane and sit on it for 16 hours. I turned on my 3G access and downloaded the next two books in the series. I finished those two books. The fourth one was not available yet, they were releasing one a month. On the way home I was sitting in the same airport. I knew that the fourth book was now available, month changed, so I turned on my 3G and bought the fourth book.
I had 300 other books on my reader but I was enjoying that particular series and wanted to read the available books. I loved being able to buy them when I wanted them, download them without having to pull out my netbook or finding a computer to sideload them, and being able to read them a minute after I decided to buy them.
To me that is no different then the person who is at the airport, carrying several books with them, and buys a book that looks interesting that the airport bookstore.
I fail to see the need for a touchscreen. My little joystick is easy to use, takes no time, and does the job perfectly. Heck, I was never put out using the rollarball on the K1. Touchscreens tend to annoy me. I find the touchscreen love for the Sonys to be way over hyped.
So I will take 3G/WiFi anyday and twice on Tuesdays over a touchscreen. A Sony is not the reader for me. In my mind you are paying a premium for a device with an unneccessary touchscreen and no 3G/WiFi connectivity.
That works for you and you don't like the WiFi so the Sony is perfect for you. I try not to disparge the love of a touchscreen, please do not disparage my love of the 3G/WiFi.