The Kindle's wireless can be turned off to conserve battery life and the Sony Reader 505 doesn't have a horrible format (nowhere near Kindle's). With a free software download of calibre, you can convert just about all of your ebooks (I only had trouble with .doc - just made them RTF before trying to turn it into LRF - and maybe 2-3 PDF files). The Kindle's proprietary format was the biggest reason I ended up with Sony's offering. I find the idea of sending ebooks I own to a company's software converter (rather than being able to convert them on my desktop) both invasive (I don't necessarily want a single company knowing what I bought over a six-year period) and archaic. Not to mention the fact that it can't really be THAT hard to allow HTML or RTF formats on the Kindle. IMO, it's just a money-making scheme to try and force you to buy Kindle books (especially when your favorites aren't readable even after conversion).
I used to have a Dell Axim X3 for ebook reading before too many prongs broke off, making it impossible to charge. I much prefer the 505, even with the occasional glitches and the steep likelihood that the 505 will be outdated compared to new e-ink devices within a year or two. The battery isn't constantly going dead when I really get into a book, and there is ZERO eye-strain. Until I started reading on the 505, I didn't even realize what that eye-strain feeling was.
For a backlit, cheap e-reader, I once found JetBook being sold at Fry's for less than $200.
The device is aimed at gamers and TV watchers, generating a 3D image with use of a pair of 0.7-inch OLED panels, which each display separate images, doing away with the ghost imagery that often comes along with 3D displays.
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The Kindle's wireless can be turned off to conserve battery life and the Sony Reader 505 doesn't have a horrible format (nowhere near Kindle's). With a free software download of calibre, you can convert just about all of your ebooks (I only had trouble with .doc - just made them RTF before trying to turn it into LRF - and maybe 2-3 PDF files). The Kindle's proprietary format was the biggest reason I ended up with Sony's offering. I find the idea of sending ebooks I own to a company's software converter (rather than being able to convert them on my desktop) both invasive (I don't necessarily want a single company knowing what I bought over a six-year period) and archaic. Not to mention the fact that it can't really be THAT hard to allow HTML or RTF formats on the Kindle. IMO, it's just a money-making scheme to try and force you to buy Kindle books (especially when your favorites aren't readable even after conversion).
I used to have a Dell Axim X3 for ebook reading before too many prongs broke off, making it impossible to charge. I much prefer the 505, even with the occasional glitches and the steep likelihood that the 505 will be outdated compared to new e-ink devices within a year or two. The battery isn't constantly going dead when I really get into a book, and there is ZERO eye-strain. Until I started reading on the 505, I didn't even realize what that eye-strain feeling was.
For a backlit, cheap e-reader, I once found JetBook being sold at Fry's for less than $200.