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Originally Posted by polly
I would recommend going to www.inkmesh.com to see what titles are available where. Inkmesh searches across bookstores, so you can see both price and location. The price part doesn't matter as much these days with agency pricing.
If you can wait, there are some new readers coming out in the next few months. The Sony T-1 was just announced. It comes with WiFi and a price of $149, much lower price than previous versions. There are also rumors of a Kindle 4 coming. I suspect that the Kindle seems to have a larger screen because the keyboard makes the whole reader seem larger. All of the 6" readers have 6" screens. The Pearl screens, such as the Kindle and Sony have, really are a lot better than the older epaper screens.
If you're opposed to readers that try to lock you into a book store, you might not like the Nook. Its software sends non-B&N books off to their own smaller partition and doesn't manage them as well as the B&N books. Rooting a Nook removes those limitations, but it sounds like you don't want the hassle of doing that sort of thing. Personally, I really like the Sony software and how it manages my books. Kobos and PocketBooks both have lots of fans here. |
Yes, 6" screens are 6" screens and anyone using the e-ink (new style screens) is using the same screen since only 1 manufacturer is making the Pearl. I imagine though, that all of them will end up being touch screens in the future. I'm old school and just can't get used to touching a screen. It looks so foolish (to me only) watching people pushing and rubbing on a screen like they were trying to clean spots off it.
As far as rooting, I don't have an issue with that. It's easier than it used to be, since people are putting out sd cards with the rooting already on them (package style). It's easy enough for me and I wouldn't mind it. In fact I would like to do that, but not with a touch screen. If there's a non touch 6" pearl out there that can be rooted for Android market, then I would be interested. I see several of the cheaper ones, but I don't know which are Pearl and which are LCD simulated paper screens. Then I don't see very many that could be rooted, but again I'm only seeing what I can find off the net with google search.
If I decide to buy, it will not be touch screen, so that just about leaves me with the Kindle. As many have said before Amazon customer service is a big plus when looking at these readers. It's just about the only reader out there that is good, dependable And has good customer service backing it. I do not like their proprietary design, (actually I border on hate for that stuff, just like AT&T), but they do have the best package overall.
Oh well, same old, same old. Torn between the status quo flock of sheep (Kindle) and the foolish youthful rebellion of a (cheap chinese reader with an andriod hack). It's always this way isn't it.
(I'm just joking)