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Originally Posted by T1ND3R
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"At Amazon, we've always been obsessed with having every book ever printed, and we know that even the best reading device would be useless without a massive selection of books. Today, the Kindle Store has more than 230,000 books available, plus top newspapers, magazines, and blogs. This is just the beginning. Our vision is to have every book ever printed, in any language, all available in under 60 seconds on Kindle. We won't stop until we get there."
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Sony hasn't made that kind of a promise or proposal, and they never will.
After a day of panicking and self-pity, I realized that not all was lost (Lost is an amazing show by the way... sorry, off topic). I was still able to purchase e-books from different online stores, and maybe one day sony will decide to add more content as well. But until that day comes, I think I will be satisfied with my PRS-505 (even though I would love to have the Kindle 2) because it does what it is meant to do and it supports multiple formats. And besides, I can always purchase the Kindle 2 with my tax returns if I want and gift my PRS-505 to my mother, who has been wanting to borrow it when she goes on trips.  |
Don't worry be happy and enjoy your Sony PRS-505.
There isn't a right or wrong choice and we spend a lot of time on these forums debating the differences between the devices. I wouldn't worry about Amazon's vision statement. All of the current generation of electronic readers will be in landfills by the time they get there.
For what it's worth my vision is:
Any book ever printed, in any language, from any source, in an open format and library, without DRM, all delivered for my reading pleasure in under 60 seconds.