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Originally Posted by llreader
Well, I think it has to do with the tone and the vehemence. I didn't and won't buy a Kindle, because I think locking in one format is absurd (plus it is ugly, among other things). But I wouldn't consider myself a "basher". If I got one as a gift, I would work around the limitations, like my friends that own Kindles, and like I do around the limitations of the Sony reader that I own.
Sony could make some improvements to their software, and their store is crappy, but I would probably stray into bashing if I, for example, called Sony a criminal conspiracy.
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Yeah, now that I'm used to a reader that supports a lot of formats (Hanlin V3 clone) and am considering the PocketBook 360 for similar reasons, I have a hard time considering a move to a more "limited" reader. There is the argument that multi-format readers are too much like a "jack of all trades, master of none" approach. But as my format of choice is FB2 (I convert most books to that), I'm kind of forced to consider the alternatives to Kindle and Sony out there.
To be honest, even if the Kindle was offered to my region from day 1, I'd also have a hard time accepting it's design - to me, the keyboard just seems to force a bigger device (20% more front surface areas than other 6" devices, and 40% more than many of the new wave of 5" devices). I'm sure Kindle users will find the keyboard invaluable, but from a reading piont of view I really question the need. I use the SMS-type keypad for search on the V3 and it's great, as I don't use it so often anyway.
The there's the Sony/Kindle limitations on format support. Sure, they handle their own format, and I guess now they're including ePub support, but I really need more. Of course, others will not.
BTW, cool avatar!