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Originally Posted by Borges
The Sony is better than the Kindle for its dictionary, note taking, navigation, speed, landscape mode, external buttons, size, web browsing, expandable memory, mp3 play back and pdf support. There might be one or two things I might have missed. The Kindle has text to speech and external speakers. The cost of books might be slightly less at Amazon.
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Make that "generally less".
Their catalog and user support is also superior.
And Whispernet is extremely valuable to Kindle owners.
(And, ironically, the Kindle hardware is now stiffer and more solid.)
The Kindle Touch is a very nice reader but its target buyer is different from the T1 target buyer; the KT target audience wants convenience and simplicity first with advanced functionality second.
The T1 is better suited to hobbyist/enthusiasts and those of us willing to root it to get something close to a universal reader. (I read on my T1 and PB360; my mother reads on a KT these days. You won't see her round these parts. Too busy reading.
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Plenty of room for both in the market, at least theoretically.
There's a whole lot more people that fit the KT profile (and even more the K4 profile) than fit the T1 profile.
Hopefully the T1 will keep Sony in the game.