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Old 07-15-2011, 03:16 PM   #1
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What is the best reader I can get for under $140?
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Old 07-15-2011, 03:18 PM   #2
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Kindle 3
Nook Touch
Sony 350
Kobo Touch

All are good readers, look at their features (try them in stores if possible) and see which one fits you best.
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Old 07-15-2011, 03:41 PM   #3
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Kindle 3
Nook Touch
Sony 350
Kobo Touch

All are good readers, look at their features (try them in stores if possible) and see which one fits you best.
What one has the best web browser?
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Old 07-15-2011, 03:53 PM   #4
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Kindle 3's web browser isn't horrible, but it's not all that good either (better on "mobile" sites that regular). eInk is going to be less that ideal for casual surfing, but it's not too bad for checking email quick or looking something up.

Nook Touch, I don't know but someone will answer I'm sure (I know you can't use it to download books).

Sony 350, doesn't have a browser as it has no wireless.

Kobo Touch, I don't know.
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What is the best reader I can get for under $140?
What features are you looking for? Sony & Amazon are going to be coming out with new readers sometime soonish. So I would wait before buying to see what they have vs the others. Supposedly, Amazon is going to have a touch reader. But it will still have vender lock-in big time.
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What features are you looking for? Sony & Amazon are going to be coming out with new readers sometime soonish. So I would wait before buying to see what they have vs the others. Supposedly, Amazon is going to have a touch reader. But it will still have vender lock-in big time.
Well I want it to have an okay browser, but other than that I dont have any other features I need.
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Well I want it to have an okay browser, but other than that I dont have any other features I need.
Sony is supposedly going to have wifi. No idea if a browser will be added as well if wifi is true. But what else do you want? Do you want ePub? Do you want Mobipocket? Do you want touch?
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Sony is supposedly going to have wifi. No idea if a browser will be added as well if wifi is true. But what else do you want? Do you want ePub? Do you want Mobipocket? Do you want touch?
I don't care if it is touch or not, and ePub would be nice, but what ereaders support it?
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ePub would be nice, but what ereaders support it?
Pretty much everything except the Kindle's.
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Pretty much everything except the Kindle's.

So the Nook Touch supports Epub?
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So the Nook Touch supports Epub?
Yup. It does.
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Yes. The Kobo Touch supports ePub.
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Well I want it to have an okay browser, but other than that I dont have any other features I need.
The Pocketbook 360 Plus is supposed to have a decent browser.
And it supports epub as well as DRM-free mobi.
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kindle wifi and 3g special offers $139

nobody else has 3g for that price or 3g at all for that matter
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