MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Convince me to go with a Kobo Wireless or Touch

Harry_W · 12-28-2011, 02:51 AM

If you haven't used the Sony, it's hard to compare the two devices. The Sony's pinch zoom is really nice, no need to use a zoom slider. It's very responsive and fast. In addition you can zoom a page to your needs and then use the page turn buttons. That way every new page is perfectly alligned again.
Still, I wouldn't use a 6'' e-reader, if I had to read a lot of pdfs. But the Sony is the best solution I've seen so far IF it comes to pdf on such a small device. The Kobo Touch can compare to that in no way.

But for me the most serious issue are the crappy dictionaries. I study English and have to read a lot of English books. The Sony would be perfect for that, as it's dictionaries are of really high quality (for an e-reader). The Kobo's dictionaries are of no real use, the vocabulary is extremely limited and the translations can't compare to a corpus based dictionary like the Collins.

I also teach private lessons to schoolchildren and like to read English e-books with them. Even for them, the Kobo's dictionaries are of no use. I always have my Casio EW-G 2000 with me (it contains the Collins + Oxford Advanced dictionaries). With the Sony reader there would have been no need for an additional dictionary.

12-28-2011, 02:51 AM	#27
Harry_W Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Sony PRS-T1	If you haven't used the Sony, it's hard to compare the two devices. The Sony's pinch zoom is really nice, no need to use a zoom slider. It's very responsive and fast. In addition you can zoom a page to your needs and then use the page turn buttons. That way every new page is perfectly alligned again. Still, I wouldn't use a 6'' e-reader, if I had to read a lot of pdfs. But the Sony is the best solution I've seen so far IF it comes to pdf on such a small device. The Kobo Touch can compare to that in no way. But for me the most serious issue are the crappy dictionaries. I study English and have to read a lot of English books. The Sony would be perfect for that, as it's dictionaries are of really high quality (for an e-reader). The Kobo's dictionaries are of no real use, the vocabulary is extremely limited and the translations can't compare to a corpus based dictionary like the Collins. I also teach private lessons to schoolchildren and like to read English e-books with them. Even for them, the Kobo's dictionaries are of no use. I always have my Casio EW-G 2000 with me (it contains the Collins + Oxford Advanced dictionaries). With the Sony reader there would have been no need for an additional dictionary. Last edited by Harry_W; 12-28-2011 at 02:53 AM.