While shopping last weekend, my excited daughter insisted we go into the Sony store so she could show me something “really neat”. It was the new Sony Reader. I didn’t mean to burst her bubble. Honest I didn’t. “Oh”, I say, “Looks something like the Kindle”. “The What?” So I explained. The only immediate difference I saw was that it looked like the Reader allowed you to store pictures and I didn’t think the Kindle did.
Intrigued, I did a little research to see what the real differences are. www.myebizreviews.com/Top5ProductReviews did an eBook Reader Comparison of the 5 best, most reliable and affordable eBook Digital Readers for 2008. They found the Kindle to be their number one choice. The main reasons: It is the only one with wireless connectivity, it stores up to 200 full books (40 more than the Sony), it has more than 190,000 currently available titles (140,000 more than Sony), books cost considerably less than Sony’s, AND the Kindle costs about $40 less than the new Sony. The Kindle also gives you the opportunity to subscribe to magazines, newspapers and blogs. Sony does not. And one more thing – the Kindle has a built in 250,000 word dictionary. WOW!
