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vxf · 12-14-2011, 02:47 AM

I am a long-time SONY Reader user - I am really fond of touch screens, so I stuck with SONY for a while.

But their magazine and newspaper subscription system has been having me pull my hair out - lately more than ever. Auto-delivery works 'most of the time', occasionally newspaper and magazine issues are just not available, without any explanation or solution (like last week's Financial Times on Monday - it just never appeared on the store...).

Anyhow, I don't mean this to be an anti-SONY rant, just explaining where I am coming from.

Now, with Kindle delivering a touchscreen device, I am wondering how is the periodicals experience.

I read mostly WSJ and Financial Times as newspapers, Economist and Foreign Policy as magazines. NatGeo I get on my ipad - can't beat the color and larger screen for the pics...

So the magazines and newspapers I care about are available for Kindle as well. Price is, I believe, the same. But is the experience any better? Is there auto-delivery? Does it work reliably? Over 3G? How is reading newspapers on the 6" screen (i use a PRS950, which is 7")?

Thanks for your feedback.

12-14-2011, 02:47 AM	#1
vxf Guru Posts: 944 Karma: 1490348 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Norman, OK Device: Sony PRS 350, 900, 950; Kindles (ALL of them!); Kobo Aura One	Kindle Touch for Newspapers, Magazines I am a long-time SONY Reader user - I am really fond of touch screens, so I stuck with SONY for a while. But their magazine and newspaper subscription system has been having me pull my hair out - lately more than ever. Auto-delivery works 'most of the time', occasionally newspaper and magazine issues are just not available, without any explanation or solution (like last week's Financial Times on Monday - it just never appeared on the store...). Anyhow, I don't mean this to be an anti-SONY rant, just explaining where I am coming from. Now, with Kindle delivering a touchscreen device, I am wondering how is the periodicals experience. I read mostly WSJ and Financial Times as newspapers, Economist and Foreign Policy as magazines. NatGeo I get on my ipad - can't beat the color and larger screen for the pics... So the magazines and newspapers I care about are available for Kindle as well. Price is, I believe, the same. But is the experience any better? Is there auto-delivery? Does it work reliably? Over 3G? How is reading newspapers on the 6" screen (i use a PRS950, which is 7")? Thanks for your feedback.