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It's funny you responded to this thread. I have had my Sony 500 for the last few weeks and I was thinking about answering my own question. I felt it might help people to see how the reader actually affected me after knowing where I came from.
Short answer: YES!!!! it got me to start a reading habit!!!!
Before the reader arrived I would be lucky to read through 5 books a year. I mostly read news online and even paper magazines were an issue for me.
Since the reader I have finished one book and have been avidly going through another (Cryptonimicon) that I attempted to read three times in paper form but gave up. I am zipping through it now.
I know that the habit has started because I constantly think about wanting to get back to reading. Before, reading was something I did when I had checked every website, watched every TV Show, cleaned, etc.
Like I said earlier, I liked the idea of reading, but the actual act never worked out for me. Now, I carry my reader around as much as my cell phone. If I think I will have a few moments, I will bring it with me, read a few pages, and then go about my day. I am absolutely loving this!
I am thinking of upgrading to the 505 / Kindle. The reader has definitely earned my "trust" to invest a lot more money in the habit and is currently heading the "gadget of the year" category for me.
Gameboy.. I share your gadgetfreak tendencies by the way, that's how I stumbled across the reader in the first place. It looked like a cool gadget, and I can honestly say that it's lived up to the incredible hype I put on it.
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