My employer hands out service awards if you stick with them for 5 years or longer, and my 5-year anniversary is this month. Among the gadgets they award us (and among the very few I am interested in) are a free Kindle Touch or a free Kindle Keyboard. Since I use the Kindle app on my TouchPad practically daily for their free stuff, I figured, why not just get a Kindle and read on eInk instead of back-lit eye-straining painfulness? I have a Sony for my beloved indie stores, it makes perfect sense to have a Kindle for their store, for the same reason it made sense to me to get both an Xbox 360 and a PS3.
I have checked out a comparison table that lists their features side by side, and so far the Touch seems like a winner. There are a few things I was hoping I can get help clarifying though:
1. The comparison table claims the Touch has "limited kindle apps", while the Keyboard model has "all kindle apps". I have no idea what this means. What's the limitation?
2. The comparison specifically says Touch has no ePub support. Nothing is said about the Keyboard. Does this mean the Keyboard has ePub support?
3. Can I do library lending over wifi to either model? If one of them can't do that, that's an instant deal breaker.
4. Does the Touch have an on-screen keyboard, for searches and note taking?
5. How are the dictionaries on the respective models? How is foreign language support?
6. How is the Linux support?
Thanks in advance, everyone. The rest of the anniversary awards are lame and boring, but a free Kindle... how can I not be excited about that?
