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I see a lot of different devices in peoples profiles here and there are so many countries represented. So I guess what one buys has also to do with what is available.
I am in the US, I bought my first kindle (K1) in 2008. I had never even heard of e-ink or anything like that until I kept seeing it on the amazon site. I assume Sony already had a unit out? But I never heard of it. I was a amazon shopper then and I am still now, so for me it made sense to go with a company who's customer service I was already familiar and happy with.
So its been always kindles for me. I don't really have any interest in any other devices. Wouldn't make sense to me. I like my stuff in one place and I like the amazon store. I also like the kindles itself. I still have my first and it still works and ergonomically, its still my favorite to hold in my hands. The wedge shape was genius.
I wouldn't mind the font options the kobo has, but no way would I put up with that complicated ordering and customer service stuff and then trying to figure out how to get my books on there. And I am friends with the Alf.
I just want to buy a book and read it. Every store has their own DRM for new books. Most of the stuff I buy would have DRM. I don't really care about the format. Epub reads just like Mobi when reading the books. I just don't want to have a mix of it. My book hoarding and reading is already out of control, I don't need the trouble of different devices, different DRM"s, different formats to figure out.
I'll stick with kindles, they work for me. Other devices work for other folks. Its all about the reading.
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