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Originally Posted by jcatl
I have the Sony 900 and am within the 30-day return period at Fry's, and now that I see the iRex 800 shipping for the same price($399), am conflicted as it offers a bit larger screen and obviously a sharper, less glare display. Thoughts?
I'm certainly not enamored of the Sony eBook Store - it's adequate but I'll probably side-load most content via USB or memory card. Verizon vs AT&T 3G is a toss-up where I live - both work well.
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I guess it comes down to a single question:
Features or display?
Sony 900 (at the
actual stage of iRex 800's firmware) is way more advanced. You can't zoom on iRex. This has been one of the huge advantages of early iRex units and I hope they still implement it. For some PDFs, in my opinion, zoom is essential.
You can't annotate on iRex. To me, that's not important. But many users claim they need it and would expect it on any touchscreen unit.
And, but that's really totally subjective, to me Sony 900 is way more "polished". Great build quality (I'm not totally fine with iRex in some minor details), great cover (2 covers included with Sony, none with iRex). And lots of details for Sony, like easier access to memory slot (2 with Sony, 1 with iRex and you have to pull the battery to reach it) or so far only one cover available for iRex 800 which is really ugly and kind of "cheap".
BUT:
Contrast is way better on iRex and has significantly less glare. To me, Sony 900 is perfectly readable. But iRex is more than that, very close to "benchmark units" as Sony 505 or nook.
Right now, I'm ranking Sony 900 #1 and iRex 800 #2. Quite surprisingly, nook ranks #3.
But: Would iRex 800 have some of the features of iRex iLiad, it would be #1. Most of the things, I don't find perfect about iRex 800 (I avoid saying "don't like", as it's already a great unit), can be solved via firmware upgrades.