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Originally Posted by pilotbob
I have both a PRS-500 and a Kindle and I think the "reading experience" on them is the same. The Kindle does have 6 font sizes to the Sony's three. Finding content I want at a decent price and getting it onto the device is much easier with the Kindle. (The better Kindle screen not withstanding because the 505 resolves that.)
In addition to the "reading experience" the Kindle adds the ability to lookup words using the dictionary, annotate books, take clippings of books, search through the books on the device, use Wikipedia from the device, jump to a title or author on the menu screen, etc.
But, to each his own.
BOb
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I haven't held a Kindle, and unfortunately since they're not sold in stores, I can't try that out before I buy it, but the device looks like it would be unwieldy to read from single-handed. My PRS500 (and the PRS505 which I have held at Border's) fits my hand perfectly so I can read one handed. The Kindle appears as if it would be more like the newer, elongated paperbacks, which I don't like the balance of in my hand.
And I realize that no two people's hand-size nor finger-strength are identical, so it's the sort of judgement call that can only be made by actually holding them both in my hand and comparing them
I realize the screens are identical (except for the Kindle's wider selection of font sizes, but I'm quite happy with Sony's font sizes) so the actual visual reading experience would be the same. I was referring (not too clearly) about the overall reading experience, where it looks as if the Kindle would have to be held in both hands for balance.
I sure with Amazon would start selling them through stores like Best Buy or B&N or Border's (like that would ever happen) so that we could actually touch one and physically try it out.