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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
I like the size of the 350, but it isn't worth $180 because it's missing some features - namely an audio player and a mSD card slot. I could see myself listening to audiobooks on it because of its small size. But alas, tis not to be.
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I agree that $180 is too much, but with the 350 showing up on sale or clearance in the 100 to 130 dollar range it's a good value.
You say you "like the size" of your 350, but then complain that it lacks features like a card slot and mp3 playback.
I can see why the size of the 350 would be attractive to a Kindle owner, considering that it's 5 inch screen only gives up an inch to the Kindle, but by eliminating the cumbersome keyboard, packs everything into a package about HALF THE SIZE.
And that slightly smaller PRS-350's screen is still 800x600 resolution, same as the Kindle, so it's actually a bit sharper due to it's higher pixel density.
I also agree with you that a card slot and built in MP3 player would be nice additions to the Sony (which is why I bought a PRS-650) but find your comments in this regard a little confusing given your previous high praise of the Kindle's feature set.
Considering that the Kindle that you were previously so complementary about ALSO lacks a 'card slot' of any kind, and that Kindle's MP3 playback feature is so incredibly poorly implemented as to be almost useless, this seems to be a bit of a double standard.
True, Kindle does CLAIM that it has a built in MP3 player, and you can load MP3s onto the device and get some kind of sound out, but the Kindle's software is so poorly written as to make this feature essentially USELESS.
On the Kindle you can't even select specific MP3 tracks for crying out loud! Of course there is a widely known 'hack' to get around this by putting your music files into the 'audible' folder so the tracks show up in your main book index, but this doesn't really fix anything, because then the Kindle will play ONE and ONLY ONE track at a time THEN STOP. As far as I could tell, the one thing Kindles MP3 playback feature seems to be really good at doing is running down the battery quickly, destroying the single attribute about the Kindle that I did find attractive, the long battery life.
So given that the Kindle also has no expansion card memory capability, and given that it's MP3 playback feature is effectively USELESS, and given that at 130 dollars Kindle costs MORE than you paid for your 350, I think you got a pretty good deal.
