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Without getting into the discussion above, I checked out the 300, 505 and 600 yesterday at the Sony Style store (NYC).
The first thing that you notice is the contrast between both the 300/505 and the 600. The background is a much duller grey, it's clearly evident, the contrast simply isn't as good (we all know why, I'm just re-emphasising the point).
Secondly the glare, I imagine it'll be a problem for over 50% of potential Reader purchasers. The shop environment didn't help because there are lights everywhere, there was major glare at every angle, but hold the 300 and the 600 directly next to each other and pivot in the same way and it's night and day.
The 600 may be fine when there is a single controlled light source and you're sat in the right place holding it at the right angle but I don't want to have to think about that. I want my ebook reader to do one thing well and that is to display text to me as well as it can.
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