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ProDigit · 03-15-2012, 11:57 AM

If you can live with the ugly keyboard, and the reduced resolution (which should still be good enough to read most PDF's in full screen), and can live without an SD cardslot, yes, the kindle would be better!
In that case, I'd wait until the Jetbook becomes $299, in a good 2 to 3 years from now before thinking of upgrading (if by then no other/better devices have been made)!

It all depends.
I NEED a good resolution, I NEED an SD card, I WANT wifi, and I WANT TTS. I also really enjoy the internal dictionary, as my native language is not English, and I'm reading a lot of Eng. literature.
Personally the keyboard, no SD and the looks turned me off from the Kindle.
Besides, they sold the DX at $275 when I made the purchase, and they had a deal on the Jetbook Color for $100 off when you return an old Jetbook, so I did the step, and in the end, paying $275 for a Kindle, or paying $399 for a Jetbook Color (while losing a standard Jetbook) the choice was obvious for me!

03-15-2012, 11:57 AM	#130
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	If you can live with the ugly keyboard, and the reduced resolution (which should still be good enough to read most PDF's in full screen), and can live without an SD cardslot, yes, the kindle would be better! In that case, I'd wait until the Jetbook becomes $299, in a good 2 to 3 years from now before thinking of upgrading (if by then no other/better devices have been made)! It all depends. I NEED a good resolution, I NEED an SD card, I WANT wifi, and I WANT TTS. I also really enjoy the internal dictionary, as my native language is not English, and I'm reading a lot of Eng. literature. Personally the keyboard, no SD and the looks turned me off from the Kindle. Besides, they sold the DX at $275 when I made the purchase, and they had a deal on the Jetbook Color for $100 off when you return an old Jetbook, so I did the step, and in the end, paying $275 for a Kindle, or paying $399 for a Jetbook Color (while losing a standard Jetbook) the choice was obvious for me! Last edited by ProDigit; 03-15-2012 at 12:01 PM.