Thread: Sony T1 vs Kobo Touch
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Old 02-04-2012, 04:39 PM   #2
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I am really leaning towards T1 because of the hardware buttons to navigate between pages. The only cons I don't like are the reflective screen - can someone confirm how bad it is?
I think it is actually the case rather than the screen itself so people that have issues with it just buy a skin for over it. I don't have a Sony so I can't comment directly.

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Also I heard that the page refresh is for every page while for other readers, you can set this to 6 pages or something. Have they updated this in the newest firmware?
Don't think so, but most people want shorter rather than longer time between updates. Vast majority of people don't even notice the update flash after using it for a short period of time.

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What are the best supported formats for either e-readers in terms of smoothness and quality?
For the most part you'll want to use e-pub on both. They can both read some other formats, but that's the key one.

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Also, how is the availability of books from Kobo compared to Sony? I will likely get mainly free books but I've heard that Kobo books are more expensive. Also, I hear that Kobo leaves out features for non-Kobo books, is this the same for Sony?
Both can use e-pubs from virtually all sources (other than Barnes and Noble that use a different DRM scheme) so availability/price of books is a wash. With current firmware I can't think of any features on the Kobo that are available on Kobo books that aren't available on non-Kobo e-pubs.

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I also will probably be reading PDFs often for school - but I've heard that the experience isn't that great on either device. Can anyone give some input into this?
PDF is far from perfect on any e-reader primarily due to screen size limitations. Sony does pdf reflow which may make pdfs more readable if they are text only (i.e. no diagrams/tables etc).

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I will likely not be getting a case at all. Any input on either device accumulating dirt/dust w/o a case?
I've never used a case while reading. I have a hard case that I use to protect it if I'm traveling with it.
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