I'm sure at this point I want to buy the Reader unless something spectacular comes out of nowhere or Sony goes out of business. I've looked at the Bookeen CyBook 3 but for some reason it doesn't tickle my fancy, the controls or its supposed advantages... Plus it's too damn tall to fit in my vest pocket! And it cost more for what seems to be a lesser package.
I just wish the
Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend were here
now instead of October 3rd. It's projected at $1575 for this year so I could easily buy the reader, cradle, and a few books from the Connect store that I'm really interested in (like the Manifold series bundle by Stephen Baxter). It would be nice if I could qualify for the Sony offer
here but I doubt with my credit rating or age they'd allow such a travesty. Ah well, I'll simply have to lurk around this forum and glean information about things until I can lay my actual hands on one.
Another question: Where should I actually buy a Sony PRS-500 Reader from? Best Buy's website seems to be the only reliable place they're selling them. The "manager" at the local Best Buy made all sorts of erroneous claims about it, why they didn't have it, and then proceeded to show me a small PDA and tell me it was just like it... Not that this really lessened my faith in Best Buy's actual knowledge of anything since it was pretty low to begin with. Directly from Sony itself? How does that work out? Thanks again. - Colt