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I personally don't like the font rendering engine in the Kobo series, so most of JSWolf's comments don't apply for me.

To me, the T3 versus Kobo H2O breaks down as:

- screen and device size; Sony is smaller, lighter and easier to hold for long reading periods (maybe not a big deal in the car?). The H2O has a bigger screen (but Kobo uses up some of the top and bottom)

- weather-proof; Kobo wins obviously

- support and store; again a point for Kobo

- clarity; I find this depends on how close you hold your reader. The difference can be seen for sure, even by my middle-aged eyes, but the previous generation (Kindle PW2/Kobo Aura/Sony PRS-T3) screens are close to good enough for my style of reading. Also, as mentioned, I don't like the way Kobo renders letter-forms and embedded fonts so part of the appeal of the extra resolution and rendering/display adjustments are lost to me.

Extra notes:

- some of the things mentioned like adjustable margins are indeed available on Sony

- hyphenation; works great on Sony (especially helpful if you like larger font sizes as there is no option for left justification) and last time I checked Kobo support for hyphenation is uneven

- light; like you, this is a take it or leave it for me. In the dark the shine of it isn't really any more restful than an LCD screen IMO. In good lighting it's useless. In twilight or semi-lit conditions it works very well, but I don't think it's great for your eyes to read in that lighting anyways. It's better to increase your ambient lighting instead.