Obviously can't speak to the Nook but I can address some of your Kobo Touch points (which may have changed since you last looked?);
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Originally Posted by Blossom
Kobo - No regular epub dictionary support.
- It has a quilted back.
- It's seemed slow
- No Collections
- It's also really buggy.
- Storage error, Battery problem...etc
- The Company is outside the U.S.
- Kobo's Customer support.
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*Dictionary - Dictionary does seem to work on sideloaded ePubs (just tested now)
*Quilted Back - style is personal, so fair enough. I actually like it from a grip/feel point of view (not a fan of the gloss/reflective look SONY has gone with).
*Slow - It's my first eInk reader, but it seems ok to me, and slowness didn't stand out to me compared to a K3 I played with the other night. Firmware has been updated a bit since release so maybe some performance gains?
*Collections - No, doesn't have this.
*Bugs - yes it has had some, but I personally didn't experience any so I'm unsure how many people these are affecting in the broader world, nor have other companies not had bugs (including SONY). A positive is most of these bugs seem to have been systematically fixed (including the storage error one) so I don't see this as a major negative.
*Company outside US - Why does this matter?
*Kobo Customer Support - if some of the posts in the Kobo forum is the norm, then yes the email customer support needs a lot of improvement. I'm not sure on the phone customer support you'd have access to in the US though. There have been some positive reports too. SONY customer support in my country has been abysmal for a range of products I've owned in the past so I actually placed a negative in the SONY column when considering my first eReader.
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Originally Posted by Blossom
The T1 is really sleek, thin and light and that is a big thing for me. It's the perfect replacement for my Pocket Pro. My Pocket Pro weighs the same and I can use one hand to read on it because it's so light. My K3 is heavy and I have to prop it on something after awhile. Sony is a known brand name and has always made solid readers even though I never like them before I love the look of this one.  |
The new SONY "looks" nice, and the previous model was in contention as my first eInk reader. Ended up going with the Kobo for various reasons - very poor SONY support in past, it's price (which the new one fixes somewhat), lacking store for where I live being some of the main ones. I guess well now how it (SONY) stacks up once we get more people with more hands on.
Anyway thanks for sharing. Interesting to hear peoples thoughts and competition is always good.