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Originally Posted by mentalxfiction
Though I'm a bit surprised it says that on Amazon because my friend has a Kindle 2 so perhaps it's a minor glitch? *crosses fingers*
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Well, maybe your friend was in another country at the time when he got it, or somebody brought it over for him? Perhaps his account has as its location the USA? If you really want a K3, there are ways. My only concern would be that Amazon won't sell Kindle ebooks to somebody living in the UAE.
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Thank you so much =) You've helped me narrow it down a lot!
I just have a question (yes, another one :P). The Sony Reader 350 is about $50 more expensive than the Kindle, so does the Sony have better features? I'm asking in terms of value for money because I don't want to end up buying something a bit on the pricier side if there's something cheaper on the market with almost similar functions.
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Well, what's better for you?
The newest Sony Readers have the best implementation of touchscreens I've seen for ereaders yet. That's pretty much indisputable. Annotation, footnotes and dictionary lookups are, as you can probably imagine, are very easy with a touchscreen interface, and were one of the primary reasons I bought a 350. Fingerprints are surprisingly not a problem, probably because they're not like the glossy screens of LCD-based touchscreen phones, etc. Everything else depends on the person. It allows for excellent tag-based organisation of one's library (not folder-based, but I don't like folder-based anyway). I can read library ebooks with it. I love the reflow feature of the Sonys, which allows one to readjust the text size of novel-type PDFs -- with most other ereaders, your options are to read PDFs in landscape mode, pan and zoom, or convert from PDF to a more ebook-friendly format, all three things which I hate doing. I love the size of the 350. It's really very light and compact, important for me since I use public transport a lot and tend to read when idle.
Those are what made the 350 preferable to me, but I do admit that when buying a Sony Reader, you're paying a premium for features which other ereaders can already do to some extent. For what the Sony Readers can do, they do very well, IMHO, but what they don't do may be enough to discount it for those looking for something a bit cheaper. I had very specific needs, but the Kindle 3 might be a better option for those who want value for money, as it seems to have everything except the kitchen sink.
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Also, I have a petty issue with the Sony Reader 350 which is that I personally find it hideous >.< I know, I know, a bit shallow but I'm pretty sure I'll enjoy reading from an e-Reader more if I like its appearance.
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I do love my little 350 very much, appearance and all, but if you really do find it hideous, I'd advise you against buying it, touchscreens or not.