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Originally Posted by alvina
And since a good Reader from Sony doesn't need all this, since you can simply plug as many different Micro SD cards as you like into it, smart people simply buy a Sony.  |
It's fascinating to be a smart person, an average person and an idiot simultaneously, since I own e-readers by Sony, Kobo and Amazon and use them all.
I don't know that sideloading books to any of them is difficult, though, whether by drag and drop, calibre or wirelessly (in the case of the Kobo and Kindle).
It isn't that Kindles make sideloading difficult. It's that they make buying content from Amazon hellishly easy.
I do understand your point about Sony's PRS series and the relative privacy afforded the user, but that's only because Sony isn't terribly invested in e-books. Pick up a PS Vita and you'll find that our esteemed gadget empire doesn't respect your privacy as much as you might think.
The original x50 line was the pinnacle of the age of the
hermetic reader. The point wasn't connectivity but rather sturdy hardware, flexibility and relative privacy. Custom firmware was what set the x50 fully apart, so the indie devs on Mobile Read deserve part of the credit. No one's done that for Kobo, have they? If they ever do, the Aura line might become incredibly flexible as well.