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Originally Posted by boswd
and that is the crux of the matter do you want to pay extra for features you won't ever use? No? then the nook touch is a better overall choice. If you need those extra features then the Sony is your choice. Though they do have to do something about their pricing. It's the worst,unless you find a clearance sale.
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First of all: I do use them. There are some I wouldn't have thought I'd use like the MP3player, but I do use it to read along to unabridged audio books.
Second: I don't find the prices of the Sony outrageous as all ebook readers have similar prices over here because they are not artificially downpriced by competing bookstores to sell their content.
Any 6" Pocketbook or
Cybook is about the price of a Sony without the Pearl screen or IR touch.
Third: I could buy a Nook touch for about 100€ less as a Sony even with shipping and VAT on top of the price as the dollar is so low, but I'd never do it. It does not offer the features the Sony offers, it does have ghosting as was stated by several people and it does not look half as sturdy as a Sony. I once owned a reader in a rubber casing
(the Italica) and I do prefer the aluminium to it.
I do use it every day for several hours. I want to have the best money can buy. I save on other things. I don't have hundreds of TV programs that I have to pay for, as I don't watch TV but rather read. I sold pbooks I won't ever read again in order to buy a new reader. It is a question of priorities and mine are not to save on the one item that gives me the greatest pleasure in my life. If it were the same reader I could save some if I were to buy it in another store for example, I'd do so, but to go with an inferior item and berave myself of pleasure and conveniance. Never.