Glad to see Amazon Kindles gradually overtake Sony Readers

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Originally Posted by harriska2

OK, having read thru all the posts on this thread, I have to agree with the op (original poster). The kindle forum is huge because they are now selling kindles at an irresistible price. The sony forum is less busy because they put out some really bad products, their marketing & support sucks, and they are expensive. That said, their new products are great. In trading in my Kindle 3 for the Sony 650, I figured at worst case if I need support, I hope it is at a point to where the Sony is so old I might as well upgrade to something newer at the time.

That said, the ipad is wonderful for pdfs. I have big honkers (image PDFs) that I load on the ipad and can make notes directly on the pages just like the sony - using good reader. It is still an impressive device.

I have figured it out. The Kindle boards are more busy then the Sony boards because people with a Sony are busy offline and reading.

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Originally Posted by edbro

Really? Is that why a lot of of are willing to pay $90 more for the Sony over the Kindle? I don't think so. We are willing to pay more because the Sony is a quality product. I've owned both the PRS-505 and the PRS-650 and I couldn't be happier.

Sure, if plastic is your thing, then maybe the Kindle isn't that bad. I prefer a quality build that reads epubs.

Read both his posts again.. he is pro-Sony. By "bad" products he's referring to the older range with the glare-prone screens.

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Yes, by "bad" I meant *some* of the older products that smeared all the good ones. And I'm a she