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New Sony owner
After using a Kindle for 5 months, I decided to purchase a Sony PRS 505 -- not as a replacement for the Kindle, but as an additional eBook reader. My reasons:
1. I ventured into creating books from Gutenberg source files and really wanted to see the .lrf versions in action.
2. I wanted to be able to honestly compare the experience of reading on the two devices
3. With the most recent firmware upgrade, I wanted to experiment with ePub format books -- particularly since it looks like this standard allow much nicer styling than either the native .lrf or .mobi formats.
4. I wanted to be able to compare shopping for current release books -- price, quality, etc.
I've had my Kindle since February and I love it. While I'm sure that I'm going to like and enjoy my Sony Reader, there's one aspect of the Kindle that looks like it wins out in my personal comparison. My sister and niece also have Kindles -- all on the same Amazon account with my Kindle, which allows us to share all the purchased books. So -- in those situations where I have to buy a book with DRM protection, Amazon's deal that allows you to have up to 6 Kindles registered to the same account and to share content on all the devices make it a winner.
I'm going to investigate the "multiple device" situation for the Sony Reader. Maybe the same policy exists at the Sony store and other sellers of Sony DRMed content. We'll see.
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