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Originally Posted by elizilla
I have two Sony readers and they please me very much. But when I bought a reader for my parents, I got them the Kindle, because I thought it would be easier for them. Kinda like when my mother got her first computer I put her on AOL even though I didn't use it myself. For people who don't want to do any tinkering, Whispersync is the killer app.
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Yep. If nothing changes by the time my mom wants a reader, she'll be getting a Kindle because it's the easiest to get the greatest variety of books onto. She would probably like a touchscreen, and she would probably like library access, and she would certainly like the ability to get books at B&N, Sony, etc. if Amazon doesn't have them, but that is all trumped by the Kindle's simplicity when it comes to buying lots of books and having them immediately delivered. No reader is perfect, but the Kindle is best for a lot of people.
I do think that thread is partially populated with people who got a Kindle because it is The Ebook Reader, and love it because it is a nice device that does its job well, but who would (absent marketing and popularity) be better served by the feature set of a Sony or nook or iPad or other reader.