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spirits · 03-04-2008, 01:00 AM

I was in your position a month ago. In fact, very similar position. I'm also from Canada, have NDS, and wanted international characters like chinese/japanese

First of all, let me show you this
http://www.slashgear.com/fujitsu-sho...p#entrycontent

I know for a fact that if you wait long enough, everything you mentioned will eventually be incorporated into the readers.
The question is which e-ink reader are you willing to stick to for the next 1-2 year before these features comes out in next gen e-ink?

In this forum, i see less of a competition between sony reader and amazon kindle than i see with Cybook and amazon kindle.

I believe both Cybook and the Kindle are fine. But one thing I have to mention is that I got a sense of security getting the Kindle because if Rogers allow 3G technology to be used by Amazon (which i believe is a big problem both for iphone and kindle), you can pretty much browse the net literally from anywhere. I also thought whipsernet will not be as useful for me, but after a couple days of using the Kindle, i realized I really don't mind paying that 10 cent to have that pdf ebook transfer wirelessly than plugging in the USB and have it transfer that way.

Personally, I know i won't purchase that many books through their stores from the Kindle, but the fact is that you can browse internet (once they made a deal with Rogers) for free. How great is that for an "added feature"?

When the time comes and you want to trade in for something that can read international characters, which e-ink reader do you think can sell better? Cybook or Amazon Kindle?

03-04-2008, 01:00 AM	#3
spirits Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 321 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kindle	I was in your position a month ago. In fact, very similar position. I'm also from Canada, have NDS, and wanted international characters like chinese/japanese First of all, let me show you this http://www.slashgear.com/fujitsu-sho...p#entrycontent I know for a fact that if you wait long enough, everything you mentioned will eventually be incorporated into the readers. The question is which e-ink reader are you willing to stick to for the next 1-2 year before these features comes out in next gen e-ink? In this forum, i see less of a competition between sony reader and amazon kindle than i see with Cybook and amazon kindle. I believe both Cybook and the Kindle are fine. But one thing I have to mention is that I got a sense of security getting the Kindle because if Rogers allow 3G technology to be used by Amazon (which i believe is a big problem both for iphone and kindle), you can pretty much browse the net literally from anywhere. I also thought whipsernet will not be as useful for me, but after a couple days of using the Kindle, i realized I really don't mind paying that 10 cent to have that pdf ebook transfer wirelessly than plugging in the USB and have it transfer that way. Personally, I know i won't purchase that many books through their stores from the Kindle, but the fact is that you can browse internet (once they made a deal with Rogers) for free. How great is that for an "added feature"? When the time comes and you want to trade in for something that can read international characters, which e-ink reader do you think can sell better? Cybook or Amazon Kindle?