Sony, kindle or kobo?

[HarryT]

Absolutely. I'm not being pedantic here, by the way. It is important to understand the differences between collections and folders; they are functionally very different things.

[Mhtsos]

Although I have(and absolutely love) a PRS-T1 I believe a kindle is a better choise for you.

[aldazo]

I think the Sony T1 is better than the Nook touch, the Kindle touch and the Kobo touch just because unlike the others it has landscape mode (the Kobo has it but for PDFs only). I know it's one aspect only, but for me landscape mode is crucial.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by aldazo

I think the Sony T1 is better than the Nook touch, the Kindle touch and the Kobo touch just because unlike the others it has landscape mode (the Kobo has it but for PDFs only). I know it's one aspect only, but for me landscape mode is crucial.

That's very much a matter of personal taste. I've never used landscape mode on any of the numerous readers I've owned that have had it, so its lack on the Kindle Touch is irrelevent to me.

[polly]

Originally Posted by HarryT

No, it has collections. Collections are not folders; they are tags.

PRS+ installed on top of the Sony software gives folders while retaining collections. It works well on the x50s and before. I haven't paid attention to the T1 to know if PRS+ will be developed for it.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by polly

PRS+ installed on top of the Sony software gives folders while retaining collections. It works well on the x50s and before. I haven't paid attention to the T1 to know if PRS+ will be developed for it.

No, PRS+ will not be developed for the T1 because it would be pointless. The T1, like the Nook, is Android and rootable. This means you can add all manner of 3rd party apps on the device/s.This is a huge advantage of the Nook and the Sony.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Mhtsos

Although I have(and absolutely love) a PRS-T1 I believe a kindle is a better choise for you.

I have to disagree with that for someone in Canada.

[polly]

Originally Posted by Rizla

No, PRS+ will not be developed for the T1 because it would be pointless. The T1, like the Nook, is Android and rootable. This means you can add all manner of 3rd party apps on the device/s.This is a huge advantage of the Nook and the Sony.

Why would it be pointless? The beautiful thing about PRS+ is that it installs on top of the Sony operating system. I get the intuitive design of the Sony plus the features that I wished Sony included, like book history and the clock visible on all screens. Are you suggesting that someone is going to come up with a PRS+ equivalent? I can respect that the developers of PRS+ don't want to put in the effort necessary to create a version compatible with the T1, but that doesn't make it pointless. The only third party apps that I can see being of any value are ones that would open Amazon and B&N books. Since I strip the DRM from them and convert everything to ePub, I consider such apps to be pointless.

[foghat]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have to disagree with that for someone in Canada.

Why do you disagree? Because of the hardware? Book selection?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by foghat

Why do you disagree? Because of the hardware? Book selection?

Because it's a Kindle. Stick around for a while and you'll soon find that any time anyone recommends a Kindle, Jon will jump in and tell them that they should buy a Sony instead.

[foghat]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Because it's a Kindle. Stick around for a while and you'll soon find that any time anyone recommends a Kindle, Jon will jump in and tell them that they should buy a Sony instead.

I have a k3 and I agree the new t1 is pretty sweet - I will be replacing my k3 with one. But the 'in Canada' comment is what has me wondering. I assume he is implying book selection is lacking for kindle in Canada?

If so, that couldn't be further from the truth.

[aldazo]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Because it's a Kindle. Stick around for a while and you'll soon find that any time anyone recommends a Kindle, Jon will jump in and tell them that they should buy a Sony instead.

Or a Kobo, or a Nook or whatever other ereader could you think of. It is not about being a "kindle", it is about personal preferences regarding the features of each device, people search information about products before buying. For example I think the x-ray functionality is great and if the kindle touch would have had landscape mode and handwriting I would have choosen it.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by foghat

Why do you disagree? Because of the hardware? Book selection?

Because of book selection. Without Penguin, you'd be missing out on a lot of eBooks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Because it's a Kindle. Stick around for a while and you'll soon find that any time anyone recommends a Kindle, Jon will jump in and tell them that they should buy a Sony instead.

In Canada, Penguin does not sell eBooks at Amazon. So, Kindle users in Canada cannot buy Penguin's eBooks in AZW. They have to buy from a place like Kobo, strip the DRM and convert. This is a lot of popular authors not available to the Kindle in native AZW.

[foghat]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

In Canada, Penguin does not sell eBooks at Amazon. So, Kindle users in Canada cannot buy Penguin's eBooks in AZW. They have to buy from a place like Kobo, strip the DRM and convert. This is a lot of popular authors not available to the Kindle in native AZW.

You had mentioned this earlier as well and I thought it sounded a little off since you can get penguin from kobo. So I searched for about 5 books from penguin.ca and found them all in the cdn kindle store.

Mind you the books I looked for (from penguin.ca) were listed on Amazon with a different 'Publisher', but were 'Sold By' Penguin Publishing. I am honestly not sure how that works.

Regardless, as I stated before, since it is so easy to buy from the US Kindle store in Canada, I'd argue if one is basing an ebook reader purchase strictly on available books in Canada for said ereader, kindle is the way to go.