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Originally Posted by sirbruce
While there are minor advantages in features to the K1 over the K2, the K2 has advantages as well:
1. Better picutres and illustrations (greyscale)
2. No crazy next/prev page buttons that turn the page at the slightest bump
3. Much slimmer form factor; less bulky to carry
4. Quick dictionary lookup via the 5-way controller
5. Faster page turns
6. Faster display updates when navigating with the cursor or menus
7. Longer battery life
8. Better keyboard
9. TTS
10. Easy reset with the power switch.
I can see why K1 owners who are attached to their quirky K1 might want to keep it, but again, unless you need an SD card or are strapped for cash, there's almost no reason for a new buyer to get a K1 over a K2.
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The cash wasthe main factor for me, but it wasn't because I wasstrapped for cash. I do pretty well for myself, and could easily afford a K2. But any e-reader just wasn't worth more than $200 to me, being that I only read probably 5-10 hours a week max and only read novels on it. Buying an e-reader at all was a tough sell for me given that I could buy paperbacks for the same or less or go to the library free of charge. But I like the convenience of an e-reader, so I wanted one--but not for a cent over $200.
After playing around with a K1, I was fine with it. The page turns are more than fast enough for me, I almost never use the keyboard (easier to shop and order on the Amazon website), battery life is still great, don't need the more shades of gray for text, I like having the SD card, I like having a user replaceable battery etc. etc.
Only thing I liked better on the K2 is that it's smaller and nicer looking and the page turn buttons are better designed and less easy to bump accidentally. But that wasn't worth the extra $159 to me.
Anyway, the pros you list are fair, I just don't like the "strapped for cash" comment as people don't have to be on a tight budget to not want to shell out more money for a bunch of features that just aren't worth the extra cash given their e-reader needs.
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Originally Posted by kamm
What about backing up them onto my PC/Mac? Will I be able to read them again if I restore them from a backup location?
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Not sure, I didn't get a chance to test that out. I had an issue with sticking in a SD card that somehow corrupted the books on the main Kindle memory, so I lost the previous owners books. It was no great loss as there were only 2 I remotely wanted to read.