thoughts on the kindle...i read a lot and wonder

Dreamnine

If you like proprietary stuff that ties you down then go for a kindle; if you want something that's open and without all those buttons look at Sony.

Emmzi

I use the sony and buy from waterstones and wh smith as well as open source books. It's not much cheaper than a paperback but you can carry a whole shelf of books in your handbag, which is cool. It's certainly worth gettong *one* of them.

Conversely the classic books for the DS - terrible, burns your eyes with the brightness!

Steve-o

23n1th wrote: »

Yep was about to post that myself, it looks better than the sony reader.

Sure it does. If you like plastic.

Mine's the matt silver Sony PRS-505 - stylish.

W.H. Smith are currently selling the Sony Readers starting at £99 for the PRS-300: http://www.whsmith.co.uk/catalogandsearch/sonyebookreader.aspx

The Kindle starts at £109 for the non-3G wi-fi model: Kindle

Argos are selling some e-readers by Binatone and Cooler, but I've no idea if they are any good. The Binatone starts at £90, but the reviews don't look promising: e-readers @ Argos

Steve-o

Hippychick wrote: »

With the sony you can't buy ebooks from amazon and at the moment amazon seem to have the cheapest ebooks.

Oh yes you can. You have to convert the file though.

There are many more ebook stores out there too, besides Amazon.

lucylucky

If it falls in the bath will it still work?

Steve-o

lucylucky wrote: »

If it falls in the bath will it still work?

If you put it in a water proof bag first, then yes. If it's not in a bag, then no. That goes for all e-readers, and almost every other device that can be used to read ebooks.

The resealable 'grippa' bags from the supermarkets will do the job, as long as there are no gaps at the seal.

In one of these, you could go diving with it: http://www.thewaterproofstore.com/drypakpda.html

Steve-o

23n1th wrote: »

Yep like plastic, nothing wrong with it most of my electricals are cased in it. Plus I like thin and light too.

Are any e-readers thick and/or heavy?

Steve-o

23n1th wrote: »

I dont know. The kindle isn't.

I don't think any are, or they wouldn't sell.

The original Kindle was pretty fat (20mm), but that's still slimmer than the average paperback.

Enterprise_1701C

I went for the Sony because I like the library books - don't like paying for books!!

As for a plastic waterproof cover - I had one once, fortunately just holding metal mney and a key - it leaked! (and it was not a cheap one!!) No way would I trust my precious Sony to one of those!

Dreamnine

With my Sony I've never had to buy any ebooks.. and it isn't proprietary, being a mass storage usb device and drag & drop. I also like the annotation and handwriting features.