5 Responses to “E-Reader Devices. Which one is more worth it?”

1. John W Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

   I like the Kindle.

   Look for whether or not it’s using “Digital Ink”. Unlike LCD displays, a “Digital Ink” display only uses power to change something on the display, this means that it’s not using any power while you’re reading the page, it only uses power when you turn the page.

   What I don’t like about the Kindle is that Amazon can revoke your purchase of a book at anytime so buying a book doesn’t necessarily mean you get to keep it. They can remove the book from your digital archive and refund you the money that you paid for the book.

2. Jack Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 3:00 pm

   From what I’ve been reading about the Nook, it sure sounds like it sits at the top of that list. The Nook hasn’t even been released yet (although you can pre-pay now) so it has had more time to surpass the sony reader/kindle specs. The biggest advantages the Nook has is the customization, 1,000,000+ book selection, ability to share eBooks with friends/family for free, and color screen with settings to negate glare.

3. Natural Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 3:16 pm

   Don’t get Sony Reader. It doesn’t have good content support. You’ll find it more difficult and expensive to get books on the reader…

   Between the Barnes and Noble Nook and the Amazon Kindle. From the official page of B&N, here is how the Nook compares with the Kindle:

   http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/

   Since Barnes and Noble page is only mentioning the advantage of the Nook over the Kindle, let me try to tell more about the benefit of the Kindle 2 over the Nook:

   - There is no internet browser for the Nook. So even with Wi-Fi, you can only use it to purchase book. You cannot do searching in Google, Wikipedia, check email, etc., like what you can do with the Kindle.

   - The Amazon Kindle has international free 3G wireless which covers over 100 countries. So even if you’re in places like the UK or Australia, you can access the internet with the Kindle free of charge. The Nook has wireless only within the U.S., and is limited for use of buying books only

   - The Kindle is available outside the U.S. (it ships to 176 countries), while the Nook only ship within the U.S. at this moment.

   - The Kindle has text-to-speech function, so it can treat an ebook like audio book. This function is not present on the Nook.

   - Amazon is already doing some change after the Nook is announced (still more than one month for it to be available). They dropped the price of their International Kindle even further. And they are going to release a PC software which can read their Kindle books.

   One more thing to be aware is that, at first glance you may think the Nook can read ebooks with color touch screen. But indeed the color touch screen is only a small screen beneath the greyscale eink screen, and seems it is only used to browse the cover of ebooks.

   In my opinion, it is a tie between the Kindle and the Barnes and Noble. But if you may travel and you enjoy reading during your trip, you should go for the Kindle for sure. Moreover, I trust the Kindle will come up with some strategies very soon, like improving their lending book function. The Kindle is the biggest player in the ereader market right now, and I believe it will put enormous effort to hold its position.

   I recommend this article as well, it is the best review on ebook readers I’ve ever read:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3QM7LGL62MZ4X%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=ereader-2-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   Hope this helps you decide.

4. Mike P Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 4:04 pm

   I’ll say the Kindle 2 instead of Sony Reader. Read here to know more:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR266PE1Q47CYNH%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   I own the Kindle 2 and I like it very much. It is better than Sony Reader because Amazon provide good content support, and the number of books available in Kindle format is kept on increasing (right now there are 300,000 Kindle books). Sony Reader, however, many users complain that it is difficult to find suitable books, and books on it are more expensive than the Kindle. Other benefits of the Kindle over Sony Reader include the free wireless internet access, and the text-to-speech function.

   If you need to read PDF with charts and graphics, you may want to go for the Kindle DX. Read this review and you should be able to decide which one to get:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR23V08M2LNB81I%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB0015TCML0%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   And between the Nook and the Kindle, I’ll still go for the Kindle because it has a web browser which can make good use of the free wireless. It is so much convenient, and it is not present on the Nook…

   Hope this helps.

5. Pauline A Says:
   November 6th, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   I own the Kindle 2. If you ask me to choose again now, I’ll still go for the Kindle instead of the Nook or Sony Reader, because I think the web browsing function is rather important. The free internet (and now it is free international internet) plus the web browser allow me to look for information whenever I’m in need. It is really a cool feature that cannot be missed. And right now it is free for both the U.S. and many other countries, it is just incredible when you bring it to trip.

   I remember I read this review when I decided to get my Kindle:

   http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2DUM7S4XW06QN%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957

   Hope this helps