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Originally Posted by mptmobilereade
I am researching the note taking capabilities of e-reader devices. The Amazon Kindle is perhaps one of the better devices for highlighting and annotations, but caveat emptor! At best, the note taking functionality is cumbersome. It's fine for occasional highlights or notes. The notes are not part of the text, like students would write in the margins. Also the fact that one has to manipulate the cursor to highlight makes it time consuming, which greatly slows down the reading process. Reading large texts can become frustrating if you were constantly highlighting or annotating. I would say that on a very limited basis, the functionality is usable. There has been little widespread adoption of any e-reader device by students because of the cumbersome nature of annotating texts. To date, no other device has addressed this issue, so in the land of the blind, the Kindle is the one eyed king.
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I have a Kindle 2, a Sony Touch (PRS-600), and a Nook. Of the three, for me the Kindle is the easiest to use for taking notes and highlighting. The Sony isn't too bad; but it's difficult to select all the words you wish to include and no more.
I don't understand why you say the notes are not part of the text. Whenever you annotate text on a Kindle or a Touch, a subscript appears next to the point where you inserted the note, and by clicking on it, you can see the note you made at the bottom of the screen.
In addition, all the notes you make on either a Touch or a Kindle are easily transferred to PC via an USB connector.