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Originally Posted by sthorpe
I thought about the Irex Digital Reader (actually had placed order) but decided against it after reading all the negative press. I typically try to filter negative reviews - however I simply could not fathom the thought of paying nearly $1000 (US) for a device that may have a number of bugs.
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Precisely my reasoning. If I pay that much, I expect the thing to work perfectly, all the time.
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Originally Posted by Elsi
I used my Kindle in Toronto and it worked very well. I even bought a book from Amazon while I was in Toronto, just to demonstrate to a friend how it works. Yes, the Whispernet function doesn't work in Canada -- at least for now -- but I don't use my reader for Internet access, so that doesn't matter. I don't rely on Kindle for newspaper or blog subscriptions, so the only thing you'd give up without the Whispernet access is the free samples.
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Unfortunately, according to an Amazon customer service agent, I'd need to maintain a US credit card with a US billing address in order to buy Kindle books. And it's possible they'd begin checking my IP against that. Otherwise, the Kindle would still function in the sense that I could turn it on and read content already downloaded, but I would not be allowed to purchase any additional books for it.
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I think that no matter which reader you get, you'll find it a welcome addition. You'll adjust to whichever store carries books in a format you can use with your reader. No reader is perfect. No store is perfect. At this point, some are just less flawed than others.
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Agreed, but that just leads me back to the question of which are less flawed.
