both the same, the sad thing is (already NOW) being asked if "that's the kindle-thing"
which i like to answer "No, this is actually a
real reader you can use with whatever you like, not just a
portable Amazon outlet." proceeding with explanations thereafter.
my last "catch" was a lass telling it'll perfectly fit her mum (who already heard somwhere from about such devices) because she (being a teacher)
uses nearly all of her baggage weight limit in vacation travels
for books.
After a tech demo and trying to give n estimated amount of books fitting on (explaining mem usage sizes to a non techie is a kind of creative task
) plus pointing out that she could get the most of her books
for free (I of course pointed to mobilereads excellent selection) since said ma reads a fair amount of classics; teaching english and german she reads the english stuff untranslated. Well - said girl was happy like a kitten in a wool-basket: they had the best possible bday present for mum
(mums additional liking for audio books and the mp3-ability was a nice extra too.
I also second you as far the mp3 players are concerned. I use a Creative zen stone plus
2 Gig small display, no itunes needed for "usage allowance" and usb-storage access.
sadly most ppl who bought the nano,because they wanted something small never heard of THESE...
the avarage buyers fail to see that consumer electronics are still more than a broom... thus that a bit of market orientation would be not only useful but dictated by common sense. A pity that such a lot of them fails to adapt the behaviour they see as normal when buying the next car to a handfull of smaller but not less complicated devices...