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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The software on the Mini is better than the software on the 350. The biggest problem I had with Sony Readers is the way it rescans the books every time you reboot or unplug from USB. WIth Kobo, it on;y scans new books and once done. it's done. Plus, the version of RMSDK on the Mini supports more features, better fonts, and hyphenation. So IMHO, the reading experience of the Mini is better than that of the 350. I have a 650 and I know the reading experience of the Kobo software is better. And the processor is faster and it handles hi-res images much better.
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I don't have a Kobo Mini (yet) but I do have a Kobo Touch and a Sony PRS-650. In my opinion the Sony is built better, has a clearer darker fonts with more screen contrast – and has much better touchscreen response. (And it also has buttons, which I – personally – like better, but that's subjective.) It also has a better dictionary. What it lacks (a choice of fonts and layout settings) I can get via Calibre (but I'm probably in the minority there, except for those on Mobile Read). I realize that the Kobo Touch is now "old" by Kobo standards, but it was built after the 650 (same goes for the Mini and the 350). I'm looking forward to comparing the Kobo Mini to the 350 when the Mini arrives – I'm guessing I'll like (and dislike) the same things I like and dislike in the 650 vs the Kobo Touch. But I am looking forward to a "tiny" reader.