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Originally Posted by HarryT
Amazon's "Whispernet" works just fine in Canada - perhaps you're thinking of Amazon's "cloud", which is something rather different. Whispernet is Amazon's system for wireless delivery of books and synching content between devices. It works everywhere in the world.
As I said earlier in the thread, talking about book formats is rather a red herring; it's so easy to convert books between ePub and Mobi that it's a complete non-issue. Choose the device, don't worry about the bookstore. If you like the T2, go for it; it's a nice enough device. If the Kindle PW is available to you, personally I think it's better, but that's just my opinion.
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Then it is the Cloud thing that isn't available in Canada. You can, of course, get the books you buy from Amazon.
My primary point was not about formats, though I think having a reader that will work with the public library is important, but I'm on a budget. My primary point was about your assertions that the T2 is sold "at a premium price" and that it's creaky old technology. I've shown that it is the least expensive of the three options for a Canadian user and, compared to Amazon's official Kindle offering in Canada, is more technologically advanced. Hell, even in the UK, and you should know this, the T2 is £99. The Paperwhite is £109. A higher resolution screen and light might be worth ten pounds, but it's still more expensive. Might be worth it to some, but the insinuation that the Sony is vastly-overpriced is unfair at the prices that are available today.
We all have our personal favourites, but if we're going to offer OP useful information, we can't assume things about his/her circumstances. A T2 in the USA is US$129.99. If the OP is in the USA and can get an ad-free Paperwhite at Best Buy for US$119.99, it sure makes sense to go with the Kindle. For a Canadian user, the Kindle is worst of the major three. In the UK, it's probably a bit of a toss-up. Elsewhere in the world, I wouldn't know.
And THAT leads to the thing at the very heart of the matter: If you want advice on what reader to get, you should tell us where you're located.
