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advocate2 · 08-30-2009, 08:46 PM

My problem is really simple. I am old and my eyes are not the greatest. The Dx is perfect because I can use a larger font and read some without having to change pages as often. The browser is mediocre at best, but it's there in an emergency. Major problem: I can't read library loaners on it. Shear Madness on the part of Amazon.

The Sony 505 is nice and well designed. It is easier to carry arround but the major plus is that I can have a legally borrowed ebook, read it in a week, and return it. It just strikes me a huge savings. I'm not sure why, but the idea of making a contibution to my library which will keep circulating ebooks, compared with Amazon taking the fee and the book sitting on one of my devices in a software limbo for 10 years until I decide, maybe, to read it again, is greatly appealing to me. I am perhaps biased because my daughter and ex are both Librarians, a fact of which I am very proud.

Sadly, running Python and scripts is beyond my kin. My only choice is to wait for the Sony Daily to read library ebooks with greater comfort. I will not sell my DX when the Daily shows up. I will just hope and pray that Amazon sees the light which will lead to the sale of many more Kindles but far fewer ebooks.

08-30-2009, 08:46 PM	#38
advocate2 My Kingdom for Karma Posts: 430 Karma: 7125 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Las Vegas Device: Sony 350, 650, 950, Nook Color	My problem is really simple. I am old and my eyes are not the greatest. The Dx is perfect because I can use a larger font and read some without having to change pages as often. The browser is mediocre at best, but it's there in an emergency. Major problem: I can't read library loaners on it. Shear Madness on the part of Amazon. The Sony 505 is nice and well designed. It is easier to carry arround but the major plus is that I can have a legally borrowed ebook, read it in a week, and return it. It just strikes me a huge savings. I'm not sure why, but the idea of making a contibution to my library which will keep circulating ebooks, compared with Amazon taking the fee and the book sitting on one of my devices in a software limbo for 10 years until I decide, maybe, to read it again, is greatly appealing to me. I am perhaps biased because my daughter and ex are both Librarians, a fact of which I am very proud. Sadly, running Python and scripts is beyond my kin. My only choice is to wait for the Sony Daily to read library ebooks with greater comfort. I will not sell my DX when the Daily shows up. I will just hope and pray that Amazon sees the light which will lead to the sale of many more Kindles but far fewer ebooks. Last edited by advocate2; 08-30-2009 at 08:49 PM.