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Hubby and I both bought Nooks when the price came down to $149 for the new WiFi model last summer. Prime criteria at that time were price and library access. We also liked the idea of touchscreen. We both wanted e-ink.
However, if Sony had been out then with the 650 and 950, it might well have gone another way. We both just saw the 350 and 950 (at Best Buy) and we both now crave owning the 950. Me probably a bit more than hubby, as at the rate I'm accumulating books, I'll crash the Nook's file handling capabilities within another six months.
Price is still a bit of an obstacle, even though Best Buy had the 950 in stock, that's a lot of money. And of course, we wonder if Sony will come out with anything new this fall. Naturally *my* suggestion was that we could get a 950 for me now and then if Sony came out with something I liked better this fall, hubby could get the older 950 from me, while I got the new version, LOL!
We saw both the Sony models and then later, at BN, the Nook Color device. We both felt rather "Meh." about Nook Color. (I found the text HORRID to read on the backlit device.)
The Sony, on the other hand, elicited a quite rare "WOW!" exclamation out of my hubby before he'd had it in his hands for little more than a minute. And he only got to play with the 350 device... because I had grabbed the 950 and practically had to be dragged away from it.
Will people like us be enough of a market? I don't know, but I sure want one! I'm thinking the sheer enjoyment factor would be worth the higher price. However, I want to do some more research on it before we take a plunge.
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