Comments on: Kindle Vs Sony Reader Touch Edition

By: switch11

switch11 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:12:36 +0000

Lea, you can purchase books in Adobe DMed PDF format and they ought to work for Sony Reader. For Kindle it has to be free of DRM and in .mobi or .prc or .azw or pdf formats.
An example are Fictionwise multi-format books that are readable on Kindle. The other (secure Mobi, etc.) format doesn’t work on Kindle.

By: Lea

Lea — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:03:29 +0000

I am very new to all this, but in my research I have found lots of ebook websites, which are really cheap downloads. Do either Sony or Kindle let me purchase from someone else or am I resricted to their own sites and books

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Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:33:34 +0000

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By: switch11

switch11 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:38:25 +0000

Filming in Vancouver – so yes, those are probably seagulls.

By: Beri

Beri — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:12:41 +0000

Thanks for doing the side by side comparison. It really helps to see the units in operation.

BTW, where are you filming? Do I hear seagulls in the background?

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:28:49 +0000

Adam makes some very good points. The inability for direct downloading of ebooks to the Reader is no big deal but the ability to store and read multiple formats is a huge plus.

In regard to having to resort to “two-handed page-turning” with the Touch – that’s baloney! If someone isn’t able to hold their Reader in one hand and flick their thumb across the screen to turn the page at the same time, they are simply uncoordinated!

I love my Sony Touch for lots of reasons but the biggest one is probably the way it “feels.” I’ve got a standard cover for it and it feels like I’m reading an actual book every time I pick it up. The glare is a non-issue – if there is a bright light source I simply cut off the glare with the cover or slightly tilt the display and it disappears. I can read twice as fast with my Sony and couldn’t be happier with it!

By: Tom (Sony Buyer)

Tom (Sony Buyer) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 04:59:36 +0000

One of the reasons I went with the Sony is that it has 2 memory card slots so you could have 32 GB of data, where the Kindle is limited to 2 GB internally that is not possible to upgrade.

While ebooks don’t take up space, if you look at the size various PDF files you will see they are considerbly bigger and 2 GB did not sit well with me.

By: Six

Six — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:36:44 +0000

I think you did a fine job switch thank you for this info. I also just wanted to make sure you knew the last post was for pete

By: Six

Six — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:28:54 +0000

Thats A great idea when are you going to redo them all

By: Adam Stubbs

Adam Stubbs — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:21:02 +0000

Let me start by saying that after doing a pretty good amount of research I’ve decided to purchase the Sony Reader Touch Edition over the Kindle 2. I urge you to not get tied up with the Amazon overlords and think long-term about your digital media. I would like to address a few points about the difference between these two readers.

1. I have never found myself needing to download a book right away, so the wireless functionality that Amazon offers is not that important in my view. Granted, if I want to download a book and use it on my Sony device I will have to do that on my computer first and transfer it to the reader, but how hard is that?!

2. If you decide to go with the Kindle you should not take that decision lightly because as long as you want to make use of any of the content you plan to buy from Amazon you will have to use the Kindle, (no other device can use Kindle files)! This is not the case with the Sony reader, which mainly uses the EPUB file type that can also be used on other devices made by other brands if you choose to buy one years down the line. This is significant if you are looking to build a long-term digital library, like me.

3. If you download Adobe Digital Editions to your computer you are able to view your EPUB files on your computer.

4. You also have access to free content. You can check-out EPUB books for 21 days from many local Libraries and you can download a half-million Google Books, (mainly older pre-WW1 publications) for FREE! There’s no free content with Amazon.

Food for thought.