Which one is better? Sony PRS 600 or kobo Wifi ?

erictoma · 12-04-2010, 04:36 PM

HI
Which one is better? Sony PRS 600 or kobo Wifi ?
thanks

SeaBookGuy · 12-04-2010, 05:19 PM

i think you mean the 650, not the long-discontinued 600?

If so, it's up to whether you want wifi - which that Sony does not have - or a faster machine - the Kobo seemed much slower to me at the store the other day.

tpw · 12-04-2010, 08:27 PM

Don't have a wifi kobo but I do have the original, and a PRS650.

Essentially the Wifi Kobo gives you a slightly faster experience than the original, wifi which only works with the kobo store, a dictionary which only works for kobo formatted books, and a no frills UI, for a reasonably low price. You also get a fair bit more support by kobo employees on these forums...

For the extra money, the 650 will give you a greatly improved pearl e-ink screen, really solid metal construction, an excellent touchscreen experience, proper well implemented dictionary support, better PDF support, decent note taking, real bookmarking and navigation features, much much snappier operation, and (IMO) a vastly superior UI. Personally I couldn't care less about wifi, but YMMV on that one.

Both could still do with some improvements, but in my experience the Sony is the superior ebook experience, as it bloody should be for the extra $.

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12-04-2010, 05:19 PM	#2
SeaBookGuy Can one read too much? Posts: 2,029 Karma: 2487799 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Naples, FL Device: Kindle PW 3, Sony 350 and 650	i think you mean the 650, not the long-discontinued 600? If so, it's up to whether you want wifi - which that Sony does not have - or a faster machine - the Kobo seemed much slower to me at the store the other day.

12-04-2010, 08:27 PM	#3
tpw Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 250 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia Device: Kobo, Sony PRS650	Don't have a wifi kobo but I do have the original, and a PRS650. Essentially the Wifi Kobo gives you a slightly faster experience than the original, wifi which only works with the kobo store, a dictionary which only works for kobo formatted books, and a no frills UI, for a reasonably low price. You also get a fair bit more support by kobo employees on these forums... For the extra money, the 650 will give you a greatly improved pearl e-ink screen, really solid metal construction, an excellent touchscreen experience, proper well implemented dictionary support, better PDF support, decent note taking, real bookmarking and navigation features, much much snappier operation, and (IMO) a vastly superior UI. Personally I couldn't care less about wifi, but YMMV on that one. Both could still do with some improvements, but in my experience the Sony is the superior ebook experience, as it bloody should be for the extra $.

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