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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 5051829" data-attributes="member: 8158">According to reports from the CES exhibition, there are a million different readers coming out this year, and there's a big question if there's any real demand for any of them because most folks don't want to carry around a device that only does that one thing. The big buzz that the tech crowd are waiting on is for Apple to announce a tablet device that will kind of make the ereaders seem quaint and obsolete. I mention this because I have the Sony ereader touch edition, and after reading one book on it, it's been sitting in its charger for months. Now, part of that is that I like a lot of older authors, and for whatever reason publishers haven't glommed onto the fact that epublishing leaves them without a good reason to leave popular series out-of-print. But the other part of it is just that lugging around the ereader just seems like a bigger hassle than it seemed when I was window shopping, especially since I can download Kindle books directly onto my iphone. Having said that, if you're married to the idea of getting an ereader and you need one right now, I'll tell you about what I have expriences with. I like the Sony touch edition. The size is quite good, fitting comfortably in my jacket-lining pocket. The ability to scroll with a finger swipe is very convenient, but there's a bit of glare, which is something you will have to endure on anything with a touch screen. However, it's far less pronounced than in previous models. The battery lasts pretty much forever--ok, maybe not forever, but over a week. The Kindle DX is pretty sweet because it's got free wireless connnectivity to the book store, no hotspot required. And the screen is huge. There's a lot to be said for physical buttons too. You need a backpack if you're going to carry it around. The real downside is that you are stuck shopping for Kindle books with Amazon, whereas Sony's readers are open to non-proprietary formats, allowing you to read text files and PDF's. With the Sony, you can buy your books from third-party stores and even check them from local libraries that support books in the ePub format (whcih nobody around me seems to, but maybe you'll be luckier).</blockquote>

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