Re: [Hampshire] eReaders

Spooky - was just pondering over a Kindle myself only 10 mins ago...

On 12 September 2010 22:35, trotter <m.nuttall@???> wrote:

> Lo,
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> At 22:24 12/09/2010, you wrote:
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>> I would be interested in peoples thoughts on ereaders.
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> so would I :)
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> Ever since I first read about eink displays, I have been fascinated.
>> Recently, the price has dropped to a point where I am seriously
>> tempted, but I have a problem.
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> Likewise the older pr300 is around £100 on some sites,
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> The two that interest me the most are the Kindle from Amazon, and the
>> new Sony PRS-350 due out soon. They both have the ability to display
>> PDF's but only the Sony will work with industry standard ePub format,
>> avoiding the lock in to Amazon with the Kindle. This would be great,
>> except I have tried to run Sony's library software and Adobe's digital
>> editions, and failed as they are only supported on Windows and Mac.
>>
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> Is there a feature in the 350 that you are looking for?
> Haven't heard about it and most features seem to be present in the 505
> including a SD card slot.
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> Martin N
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