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Originally Posted by Canuck_in_Japan
Glad to hear that you're enjoying your reader but I have to disagree with your premise that Sony has some kind of advantage by keeping things simple. My Kobo Aura HD isn't any more of a gadget than a Sony reader is and a lot of its added abilities actually enhance the reading experience rather than detract from it. I'm especially looking forward to using Pocket on my ereader. If going nowhere was a superior experience then we'd all still be travelling around in horse and buggy.
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It may well be that the Kobo Aura HD is as good or better as a reading device than the T3. My own limited experience with Kobo has been terrible to the point that someone would have to pay me to use one of their devices again, but maybe they've fixed the firmware issues and made progress on the usability front. What do I know? At this point, I personally don't care and therefore refrain from judgement. If the Kobo Aura HD makes you happy, congratulations!
My point is neither that the T3 is the best device out there nor that any progress is bad (as you insinuate), but rather that the T3 is a great e-reader (if it's a simple, "non-gadgety", lightweight and working e-reader you want) and that progress for progress' sake isn't the answer to everything.
While I'd like to see screens improve (a lot), I'm not sure exactly why I need a front-light with an eInk-device (thereby negating the one major advantage eInk has over LCD). But clearly, most of Mobileread thinks otherwise, and that's perfectly fine. I know that. There are a lot of tech-savvy people here that care deeply about processor speeds, root-ability and all sorts of specs and clearly a lot of people want a front-lit e-reader. Luckily enough, they have a lot of choice.
I wanted to point out, however, that simply holding the T3 and the bulky Kindle Paperwhite, I can't help but feeling that one is clearly an electronic device and one is as close to a book as possible. And when I'm reading in daylight, the T3 is the better choice (for me) by a wide margin.
Matt