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=X= · 04-03-2008, 01:57 PM

I came to realize that asking the question of SONY vs Kindle is much like asking the question of Captain Kirk vs. Captain Picard. It seems everyone has a very strong opinion on each device. Hopefully I will be unbiased

I personally have the SONY, I received it as a gift this past Christmas, and am very happy with it. I take this device every. The size is great and the platform openness (i.e. USB/PDF/RTF), very unlike SONY, is also a great value for the techi that I am. However I don't think I would have enjoyed the device so much if it wasn't for libprs500 and pdf2lrf.

Of course my initial interest was in the Kindle for 3 reasons, the wireless device, the keyboard and most important the content.

I have found that Amazon carries more of the type of books I tend to read and seems to have priced them all at $9.99. Most of the books I tend to read range from $20-$60 which usually translates to a price of $9-$30 for the equivalent ebook.

Of course if most of the content you and your wife read are fiction then Sony/Amazon/finctionwise/diesel are pretty uncompetitive. At that point you might want to consider the SONY Reader.

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BTW you can get any of the SONY classics from feedbook, manybooks.net and Project Gunenberg(sp?). So I would not get a 2nd SONY Reader just for the sake of getting 100 more classics. Plus these sites have many more free classics than SONY

04-03-2008, 01:57 PM	#18
=X= Wizard Posts: 3,671 Karma: 12205348 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Galaxy S, Nook w/CM7	If you have a SONY Reader go for the Kindle I came to realize that asking the question of SONY vs Kindle is much like asking the question of Captain Kirk vs. Captain Picard. It seems everyone has a very strong opinion on each device. Hopefully I will be unbiased I personally have the SONY, I received it as a gift this past Christmas, and am very happy with it. I take this device every. The size is great and the platform openness (i.e. USB/PDF/RTF), very unlike SONY, is also a great value for the techi that I am. However I don't think I would have enjoyed the device so much if it wasn't for libprs500 and pdf2lrf. Of course my initial interest was in the Kindle for 3 reasons, the wireless device, the keyboard and most important the content. I have found that Amazon carries more of the type of books I tend to read and seems to have priced them all at $9.99. Most of the books I tend to read range from $20-$60 which usually translates to a price of $9-$30 for the equivalent ebook. Of course if most of the content you and your wife read are fiction then Sony/Amazon/finctionwise/diesel are pretty uncompetitive. At that point you might want to consider the SONY Reader. [EDIT] BTW you can get any of the SONY classics from feedbook, manybooks.net and Project Gunenberg(sp?). So I would not get a 2nd SONY Reader just for the sake of getting 100 more classics. Plus these sites have many more free classics than SONY Last edited by =X=; 04-03-2008 at 02:37 PM. Reason: Updated link