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I had both. The Sony is a sleek device, very pretty.
But the store bites. No newspapers or magazines. Whispernet is handy. I hardly ever spend any time converting files.
But a few more concrete details:
- Not all libraries have ebooks (mine doesn't, for instance)
- I don't know what the Sony bookstore's selection was. Last time I looked it was under 50,000. The Amazon bookstore has over 200,000 books and has doubled in the last year.
- Prices are generally MUCH better in the Amazon store.
I took my Sony back and got a Kindle. I miss the "pretty" of the Sony reader, but the Amazon store has MORE than made up for it.
For me content is really what makes an eReader worthwhile. I don't read a lot of genre fiction (I bring this up only because there are many online vendors that sell a lot of pulpy sci-fi, fantasy, mysteries and romance but don't have much else) and generally read non-fiction and the Amazon store continues to surprise me in how much I can get there at a reasonable price.
Price is definitely higher but it is the second gadget I've bought (and I get a lot of gadgets) that I never regretted for a moment. Right after my iPhone.
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