Thread: What will the Nook & Kindle do to Astak?
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Old 06-23-2010, 07:30 PM   #52
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Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G
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Originally Posted by tmgplc View Post
I have been a very happy owner of the EZ Reader Pro since it first came out. My wife now wants an ereader and is looking at the Nook and Kindle because of the price drop. Personally, I think neither device is as easy to use or organize as the EZ Reader Pro. Navigating around the Nook is a real pain because you are constantly switching between a 4 line touchscreen and a eink display. I love how I can choose the folder organization for my ebooks and it works with just about any format out there. I could care less about wifi or 3g on a dedicated ereader because how often do I really need to randomly download a book while I am away from my computer. EZ Reader has an SD card and user replaceable battery and the Kindle does not and I am not sure about the Nook. I wouldn't trade my EZ Reader for either the Kindle or Nook. Keep up the great work Robert B and Astak. I support and will continue to support Astak because they make a superior product, at a competitive price and provide solid customer service!
I think the 3G is good on a dedicated reader IF you subscribe to newspapers/magazines. The ease to have them just download to your reader regardless of where you are appears good. But you are right, in terms of normal books you don't download new books that often, most people have a supply of to-be-read on their reader, and it takes next to no time to plug in the reader. So IMHO 3G for newspapers = win, other than that it is just an added battery drain.

I 100% agree with folder organisation, it is my reader and I can organise my books the way I want. This indexing that some readers do baffles me.
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