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Originally Posted by jersysman
Sony is definitely misreading the consumer here reference the light. I see the vast majority of the new owners of this reader will be previous Sony owners. They will not get many of the shoppers buying the first reader. They will not get many converts from other brands. Maybe they do not believe it, but for the vast majority, once shoppers have experienced a frontlit reader they will not be going to a non-lit screen again. Sure, there will be some who will, but not enough to make a dent in what would be needed to make inroads on Amazon and Kobo.
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Not quite sure who you mean by previous Sony owners. Do you mean people who have only owned Sony or those who have owned a Sony or a kindle as well?
I am a previous owner of Kindle and now own Kobo and Sony readers.
The kindles and Kobos have nicer screens, but fall far behind software wise IMO. Sony doesn't have as many bells and whistles, but the few they have work for the most part.
Kindles are reliable and fairly consistent, but the one I had the collections kept changing order.
Kobos have nice features, some of which almost seem to work, but so many errors in basic programming such as sorting and page turning, that I can't list 1/2 of them without dredging my memory.
Sony 350 and 650 were 100% rock solid performance wise. The T1 has the occasional software error, and fairly frequent page turning errors and battery discharge problems, which manifest every month or so, but overall works just as it should. The sorts sort, The books open at the last page read and the collection management is fast easy to get to, reads pretty well every epub correctly even if the underlying CSS is not perfection.
I don't care for the lighted cover, but I used it a lot for reading on the balcony at night. The Kobo Aura light seems to cause me eyestrain, but is far more convenient. Neither is that great so probably not a deciding factor for me.
When the Sony comes out I will probably buy it if the screen is much better when compared side but side to the T1 or T2 or their are significant software improvements.
I would buy a kindle for the same reasons and if if the collection management were better as well.
Nothing could convince me to buy even a free book from Kobo at this point in time. They just seem to be a one step forward and two steps back kind of operation.
Helen