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* What does the Sony do specifically that your Kindle can't? I second the notion that the Sony is no upgrade to write home about.
* The A1 is much heavier, that is a clear disadvantage. Yes, it is--in absolute terms--only a few hundred gram, but you'll notice when you hold it for an hour. If I'd accomodate heavy, I would want a larger screen. One advantage of tablets is they are more easily available in 8 or 10". I prefer that even for books, more so for comics and any pdf. (I checked amazon.ca to see, if you can get the Archos/ Arnovo line of tablets--you can. Look at the Arnova 8 G2 4GB e.g. or better still the 9 G2, more screen estate, not much more weight, better handling than the A1.)
* I don't know anything about mangas (aren't they like comic strips and mostly in colour (=tablet)?), but ebooks don't need more resolution than either Kindle or Sony offer.
* Easier-on-the-eyes is a much flogged horse. I once googled for 2 hours on the subject, but other than personal preferances I could not find a single scientist/ opthomologist (? or whatever they're called) who substantiated that. Personally--again-- I found the K4 darker than an actual paperback, and on a plane or train more often than not needed artificial lighting. I'd rather have it in the device then. It is though hard on your eyes, if you turn the tablet up to full luminosity in pitch black surroundings. Same for any computer screen, don't sit in complete darkness, always have some other light source than just the screen.
* You could use the Sony for surfing, but would you want to, have you actually tried that? I have and I wouldn't.
Hendrik
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