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Originally Posted by JohnnyRocks
Clearly you haven't read my initial post in the thread. I've played with the PB360 extensively, and, there isn't any comparison. I don't make any royalties off Sony sales either, however, it's like comparing a Mercedes with a Honda Civic. There simply isn't any comparison. Better screen (Pearl vs Vizplex...and there IS a difference), a TOUCH screen (swipe to turn the page, and drag to highlight passages), MUCH, MUCH, MUCH faster page turns (most anyone who plays with both at the same time will be drawn to the Sony over the PB360 on this point alone) makes this a pretty unfair comparison. And, when you throw in the fact that you can now get the Sony for LESS than the PB (in spite of the significantly higher end hardware), it's simply a silly argument.
The external memory will not be a factor for most people, given the fact that you can store thousands of books on the internal memory of the Sony. And, since most of us use Calibre anyway, and converting to Epub is as easy as pressing a button, the "variety of formats" is also a non issue.
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Sony350 is definitely VERY good reader. VERY good. But I would make this comparison not Mercedes to Honda, but Mercedes (Sony, yes, definitely) to BMW, making a classic rivalry...
Yes, the screen is brighter in Sony. Yes, it uses a touchscreen, very responsive one, sure. But it still does not have couple of things that PB does have, besides the memory card:
- snap-on cover - sometimes I think that only this fact would be enough to kill all oponents
- form factor for left-handed folks
- no need to use any additional software with pretty much all existing formats
- price - PB360 is $50 less than PRS-350 in the US.