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Originally Posted by arciervo
Although it sounds like you have already decided on the Sony, it's worth pointing out that it's currently the only e-reader that allows checking out books directly from Canadian public libraries, via wi-fi. Another plus is that, unlike the Kobo, the web browser is a supported feature. It's possible to download e-books directly from Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks, Feedbooks, and even the Kobo store without having to use a PC. You can also get files into the Sony via the Dropbox mobile web site. Because of these features, I rarely need to connect my PRS-T1 to my PC at all. (When I do, I use Calibre instead of the Sony Reader software, which is terrible.)
Another nice-to-have feature of the Sony is its headphone jack and built-in music player software. I find this useful for masking background noise when reading. (BTW, although the Sony handles MP3 and AAC files, unfortunately it does not work with DRM-protected audiobooks.)
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Originally Posted by ProfCrash
I would go with the Sony. It has more features on it and has proven to be less buggy overall than the Kobo.
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Yeah, the T1 really does seem like the way to go. I'm very excited about it now.
The ability to use DropBox to add ePub files to it is really appealing, but it has me thinking / engineering. There are Linux clients for DropBox and I would guess that there are Android clients for DropBox, so it makes me wonder how hard it would be to root the T1, add some 'native' (i.e. no web-based, so that that DropBox has it's own folder on the device) DropBox support + add a daemon to monitor the DropBox folder, and any time it sees a recently added ePub file it would automatically add it to the library. You could combine that with something like InstaPaper and saving InstaPaper ePubs to DropBox as a quick and invisible way to add newspaper articles to your T1. What do you think?