Thanks for the feedback gang. Much more helpful than a lot of other special interest sites I have been to in the past.
I am in the US and briefly considered the Kindle but I can't seem to get my head around the ergonomics or the feel.
As far as books go, I really don't have a large library so I would just be starting out. It seems that the Sony has an edge in the format area.
More and more I'm thinking that I'll get a Sony, now I just have to drive to my local Sony shop and compare the two for myself.