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Originally Posted by travelingsandy
I think I may like the 7" screen over 5" or 6"; but not sure. The 950 is about $60 more than the 900 & I do not see that much difference.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions. I am excited about moving to an e-reader from these heavy hard cover books; although it will also be sad not feeling the pages.
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The extra $60 is well spent - the 950's screen is far superior to the murky 900. Here are some considerations ...
Do you
need wifi (only available on the 950 - you cannot download books from sources other than the Sony Store)? You can look up Wiki info, etc. while reading.
The 950 and 650 have audio playback (mp3 and AAC files) and storage card slots. All three x50 units have room to store hundreds of books at a time (if not more); I use a card to store audio files (which
do take up a fair amount of room compared with ebooks), but honestly, only add the audio files because the feature's there! Circular, but that's the way it goes ...
As a rule of thumb, the 350 gets about three lines fewer per page than the 650, and I suppose the 950 gets about that many more. Will you be okay with small font, or more frequent page turning on the 350 using medium? I'm not being down on the 350 - it's a
nice reader - just trying to help your comparisons. Do you know whether you'll be reading books in PDF format? If so, the 950 might be best as those are optimally read in small font (you
can read them in larger ones, but they don't keep their formatting very well). The 950, being longer, has a unique feature of being able to read a page in landscape mode as two columns, which some folks like as a work-around for the issue of the too-wide gap between Sony's small and medium display size is.
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Shorthand comparison:
350 is very portable, though perhaps slightly more page turns, no card, audio, nor wifi.
650 is still in the easily portable range for pockets, etc. No wifi either. Good "compromise" candidate.
950 is definitely longer, not really pocket sized. Extra display option above and wifi -comes with AC adapter (350/650 don't, but the x50's accept most mobile phone chargers, there are threads on that). Costs a fair amount more.