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Originally Posted by manchuia
I am still going to get a Kindle because of automatically updating blogs, wiki / dictionary search, and audible content, but the mindset I once had that the Kindle was a "superior" device disappeared once I had Calibre setup on my machine(s).
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I agree, they should offer Kovid some serious cash to distribute Calibre themselves. It really adds sorely needed features that they should have developed themselves. As for which is superior, it's so relative. The thing that kept me from buying the Sony was that you couldn't search your books or look up words in a dictionary. I was truly appalled when I found that out. I saw the Sony Reader at Fry's and just fell in love with the screen. I thought the whole device was gorgeous. Having been an unhappy Sony customer a few times in the past, though, I figured I'd go home and read up a bit before I bought it. I was astounded by the wasted potential. There was so much they could have done but didn't. I almost bought a Cybook because it at least had a dictionary and it supported Mobipocket, but I was a still disappointed with the lack of book search. I figured with a smaller company they might be more responsive and eventually add it.
Before the Cybook was available through NAEB, the Kindle came out and it had both features and more plus WAY lower prices in the store. (Thankfully other stores have lowered prices to compete now but that hadn't happened yet when I ordered my Kindle.) I really wasn't all that interested in the network features when I decided to buy the Kindle, except for what it added to searching. Now that I have the Kindle I realize how amazingly convenient the wireless is and how much it adds to my reading experience, but given my priorities the Kindle was still the superior device for me in features even without it.