Comments on: Kindle Vs Sony Reader

By: Fred L. Bond

Fred L. Bond — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:47:46 +0000

The Kindle reader may not have built in illumination but you can still use your reader in the dark using the voice reader included with the programing. I have a Kindle 2 reader and have had very little trouble with it beyond not reading the included manual better and a simple call to the support line has been very responsive solving my problems with a few key strokes.

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By: Randy

Randy — Thu, 14 May 2009 21:55:59 +0000

The problem is the kindle is very poorly made, I have had a dead screen twice in 55 weeks of very light use. This last time, they wanted a $180.00 to repair it. At $400 it should be much better quality! Horrible!

By: Mary

Mary — Sat, 09 May 2009 22:28:05 +0000

David,
I own a Kindle 2 and am very happy with it in terms of the screen size, weight, and storage capabilities. I find that about 60% of books I want to read are available. I can find more literature/fiction than nonfiction, especially travelogues and adventure titles. I have never had trouble finding a book on Amazon.com and hope that someday all the books for sale there will be available for the Kindle.

By: David

David — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:20:44 +0000

I own a PRS-500, PRS-505, and Kindle1. While the PRS-505 is my favorite so far, all of these digital book devices are stillborn by the seriously tiny book selection. Less than 1 in 10 books I want to read is available electronically for either device.

You could put nuclear fusion inside the bookreader so it never needed charging and I would still be reading paperbacks because that is where the content is. I’d like to see fewer press releases about minor adjustments to the technology, and more press releases about massive increases in digital book availability. Learn from iTunes. It didn’t reach critical mass until the music people wanted to listen to was mostly available from their store.

By: Nightshadequeen

Nightshadequeen — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:12:09 +0000

The THING I dislike most about the Kindle is that I cannot read Amazon bought ebooks on my PC as well as the Kindle.

I am somewhat convinced some person will reverse engineer .azw files and make a open-source computer program to read those files. Also, whenever (ifever) Kindle goes mainstream, I have no doubt someone’s going to release an open source whatever–>.azw converter. I’m currently using Mobipocket’s converter, as it formats things better.

Perhaps small LED lights built around the screen would be the best light, with a switch on the back to turn them on and off. This would be the best of both worlds, I believe.

Touchscreen….this will take a while, I think. Eink simply isn’t that fast (playing mindsweeper on my Kindle is insanity.)

By: switch11

switch11 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:27:23 +0000

no – your guess is as good as mine. perhaps mid to end Feb 2009.

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:22:48 +0000

Any idea when the Kindle 2.0 will be out?

By: Dennis

Dennis — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:57:28 +0000

The THING I dislike most about the Kindle is that I cannot read Amazon bought ebooks on my PC as well as the Kindle. Having been used to reading Adobe ebooks in the past with Adobe Reader on both the PC (in particular a Tablet) and Pocket PC devices I find being limited to just a Kindle to be kind of a step backwards.

By: Gillian Brouse

Gillian Brouse — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:53:58 +0000

I have coveted a Kindle since it was first announced. I get the value in it. I understood that there would be a delay in releasing to Canada and non-US geographies… but come on! What is with Amazon! They must know that there big markets of readers beyond US shores???!!!

For now, it’s Sony. Or iPhone, iTouch. Amazon is losing market share.