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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
If you are interested in a 950, see if you can get one second-hand. I picked up one from someone who was selling it on another forum for $210 with the Sony cover.
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What a great price, I'm so jealous!
On topic: If you plan on reading PDFs, such as journal articles and the like, get the Sony 950. It also has the new Pearl screen with better contrast, which the Nook doesn't have. For me, the dictionaries alone that are pre-installed are worth the price of a Sony reader; YMMV, however, if you don't read in foreign languages. If you value portability over all, get the PRS-350.
I'm admittedly a little biased with my advice, as I own two Sony readers, and I've never owned a Nook, but I have to say that the Nook has never appealed to me much, nor has wi-fi or 3g ever been a factor that I've kept in consideration when purchasing an e-book reader. Side-loading has never been a problem for me, and even if I did own a reader with internet access, I imagine I'd side-load a lot of my reading content anyway, as I read a lot of PDFs of my own making (mostly school related). If you go to BN a lot in general, you will perhaps appreciate the added features of the Nook (you will be the best judge of that, of course, I don't live near a BN store - I don't think I've even ever visited one!) Honestly, you will probably be happy with whatever device you get, unless there is a particular feature that you feel is a must-have that is lacking in that device. I wish you the best of luck when choosing!