You mentioned dictionary support in your initial post, but the discussion never turned that way. The Sony 350/650/950 has a couple of nice features for looking up words. Double tapping on any word in a document will bring up that word in the dictionary for a quick look superimposed over your book. Another tap opens up the dictionary to full screen so you can see the definitions for words in the dictionary that are around the tapped word. Alternatively, a tap in the corner of the dictionary window returns you to the book. In addition to being able to look up definitions for English words, there are also language translation dictionaries (French, Spanish, Dutch, German, and Italian). If you ever read books in those languages, it can be nice to quickly see the English translation for words you don't know. Because the Kindle has a keyboard instead, you have to navigate to the word you want to look up or type it in with the keyboard first.
I'm guessing that you'll have to buy without seeing in person, so you might not have thought about ease of use (ergonomics) yet. The weight of the reader and placement of page turn buttons can play a big role in your reading enjoyment. With my Sony 650 in a small font, it takes about two page turns on the reader to equal one page of the book in paper. Multiply that by an average of 300 pages in a book and you can see that uncomfortable page turns can have a big impact. Personally, the touch screen on the Sony is a lot easier for turning pages than page turn buttons. I tend to hold my reader from the bottom, so the buttons on the Kindle aren't in the right spot for me to use. It's easy for me to brush my thumb over the lower corner of the page without readjusting my grip or pulling me out of the book. People who like holding the reader half way up might like the Kindle better. It depends on you and what you find easy/natural.
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