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Originally Posted by Poppaea
Hah! I was told a million times over by the Kindle fraction how "nice" it is to buy a book when waiting at the airport/train station/bus stop!
Tell you what, we are just to stupid to see the need we have to be able to buy a book on the run for a device that stores already a couple of hundred unread books. Must be either this or... there is no need for wifi  |
As the owner of both a Kindle 3 and a Sony PRS-350, I can perhaps look at this impartially, and I have to say that, even though Sony is the clear winner when it comes to build quality of the device, they have a lot to learn from Amazon when it comes to ease of buying books. Amazon aren't just selling you a reader with the Kindle: they're selling you the whole book "infrastructure". With the 3G Kindle especially, it just couldn't be easier. Browse the bookstore on the device, click a button to download a free sample, and seconds later it's there in front of you. Read the sample, click the "Buy this book" button at the end, and a minute later you have the entire book. Compared with Sony's awful, awful eBook Library software, it's a breath of fresh air.
Yes, Sony make much nicer hardware, but book reading isn't just about the hardware, it's about the whole buying experience, and Amazon really have got that sewn up.