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frustratedpilot) wrote2010-05-06 05:21 pm
frustratedpilot) wrote2010-05-06 05:21 pm
Reader Recon Part 1
Took Mum to Knoxville and the Apple Store, Radio Shack and Best Buy for intel on e-book reader units.
The feelings so far:
*) iPad: Of course it's the best model out there, but it is also too advanced hardware-wise, demands a lot from our other systems and we aren't ready for it. And it's pretty darned dear.
*) Sony E-Reader: The Pocket is too small; the Touch and the Daily are more to Mum's liking but haven't impressed us as much as we hoped so far.
*) Nook: The most impressive but still little to choose from versus Sony's Touch and Daily.
I want to see the Sungale EB601 and the Aluratek Libre "in person" before making judgments on those, but the Sungale looks nice.
The feelings so far:
*) iPad: Of course it's the best model out there, but it is also too advanced hardware-wise, demands a lot from our other systems and we aren't ready for it. And it's pretty darned dear.
*) Sony E-Reader: The Pocket is too small; the Touch and the Daily are more to Mum's liking but haven't impressed us as much as we hoped so far.
*) Nook: The most impressive but still little to choose from versus Sony's Touch and Daily.
I want to see the Sungale EB601 and the Aluratek Libre "in person" before making judgments on those, but the Sungale looks nice.