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rutgurt · 02-10-2009, 09:49 AM

Im going to be living outside the USA, so Kindle 2.0's wireless internet feature is not desirable at all since I won't be using it. I have never used an Ereader before but im in the market for one. Right now my main concern is note taking. I like fiction books, but I also read a lot of history, political science and analytical type books in which I like to highlight lots of text and write annotations and notes. At first, Amazon's kindle looked desirable, but it seems like it may be annoying to highlight text without a touch screen. Is this true? The Sony reader looks easier in this area. However, how easy will it be to type notes with Sony's touch screen virtual keyboard, versus Amazon's physical buttons? I also like to do quick 1-3 sentence summaries of pages, going over the main points. Fairly short, but still.

Also, the selection of Ebooks the same for all Ereaders? Since there are some books that are not available in a preferred format, sometimes I can get them from various sources in PDF or Microsft eReader or other formats. So format compatibility is a plus for me.

So which reader sounds like the best for me? Im kind of in a dilemma. Both Kindle and Sony Reader seem to have cons and pros, and maybe theres some other Readers out there Im not aware of. Please suggest me one, but also be honest about the cons I will encounter. Right now, highlight text with a touch screen honestly sounds pretty darn rewarding and easy, but if someone can vouch for a non-touch screen and confirm that its also pretty darn easy and fast with a joystick, maybe I will go that route. Honestly, touching a physical button to turn a page, rather than swiping a page, sounds better to me, but my main concern is easily highlighting text.

Also, can my notes and highlighting be backed up on PC or internet via a USB cable?

02-10-2009, 09:49 AM	#1
rutgurt Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Can't decide. Don't need wireless Im going to be living outside the USA, so Kindle 2.0's wireless internet feature is not desirable at all since I won't be using it. I have never used an Ereader before but im in the market for one. Right now my main concern is note taking. I like fiction books, but I also read a lot of history, political science and analytical type books in which I like to highlight lots of text and write annotations and notes. At first, Amazon's kindle looked desirable, but it seems like it may be annoying to highlight text without a touch screen. Is this true? The Sony reader looks easier in this area. However, how easy will it be to type notes with Sony's touch screen virtual keyboard, versus Amazon's physical buttons? I also like to do quick 1-3 sentence summaries of pages, going over the main points. Fairly short, but still. Also, the selection of Ebooks the same for all Ereaders? Since there are some books that are not available in a preferred format, sometimes I can get them from various sources in PDF or Microsft eReader or other formats. So format compatibility is a plus for me. So which reader sounds like the best for me? Im kind of in a dilemma. Both Kindle and Sony Reader seem to have cons and pros, and maybe theres some other Readers out there Im not aware of. Please suggest me one, but also be honest about the cons I will encounter. Right now, highlight text with a touch screen honestly sounds pretty darn rewarding and easy, but if someone can vouch for a non-touch screen and confirm that its also pretty darn easy and fast with a joystick, maybe I will go that route. Honestly, touching a physical button to turn a page, rather than swiping a page, sounds better to me, but my main concern is easily highlighting text. Also, can my notes and highlighting be backed up on PC or internet via a USB cable? Last edited by rutgurt; 02-10-2009 at 10:39 AM.