[Prestidigitweeze]

It seems to me, Lucid Dreams, that there's a point at which fisking every single statement an opponent makes begins to look indiscriminate, and doing so on a thread where people are excited about their (relatively) new purchase seems a tad uncivil.

I was with you on your initial points. But when you tap-danced around the argument that the Sony is better constructed than the Nook's various iterations, essentially wrote Poppaea off as too invested, and finished with the claim that metal is no better than rubber or plastic, your other reasonable arguments seemed less credible.

Yes, someone's aesthetic preference for metal over plastic might be subjective. But the superiority of metal to plastic, like that of PRS construction compared to various Nooks, is not. Plastic equally good? Tell that to anyone shopping for a laptop.

Your Android 2.1 point, like those about competitive features, is better. I appreciate the information. But telling another user that "Audio support on an eReader is subjective" is unhelpful because you're implying that other kinds of support (i.e., features) are not subjective.

That said, the PRS series are end-of-cycle readers and the Nook Touch is an end-of-gen budget reader with a lot of good features and perhaps a few fin-du-processor innovations. For a lot of people, it would be a good purchase and you're right to recommend it.

Still, I'm increasingly curious as to why you're championing its virtues -- repeatedly -- on a Sony thread in a Sony forum. Wouldn't your advocacy be more useful and better appreciated on a help-me-decide thread? Wouldn't your information stand a better chance of being read by the undecided users you're trying to reach?