[Rhodes22-list] Kindle versus Sony Touch Reader, Experience?

Thu Dec 17 22:43:58 EST 2009

Thanks, Caesar, excellent points!  Did you not keep it?  I picked up a Sony reader from Office Depot, and the screen looks mighty small, maybe the same size as the Kindle.  I got the 'Touch' model, but wonder if that is worth an extra hundred bucks.  It can draw, save, upload and download from a compute.  I downloaded a sample to my PC, no ebook needed, but even my 8.9" netbook is bulky.  Thinking, thinking.

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Caesar Paul <caesarpaul01 at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Dec 17, 2009 5:10 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 Email List <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Kindle versus Sony Touch Reader, Experience?
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>Guys,
>
>Earlier this summer I had the privilege of enjoying the benefits of a Kindle while hauling my boat from Pullman, WA. to Eugene, OR.  My wife was experimenting with her recently bought Kindle, and began reading to me excerpts from books.  Can you find anything about sailboats? I asked.  She found many books about sailboats, and sailing.
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>  Hauling my boat became much more enjoyable as Donna read from John Vigor's "20 Small Sailboats To Take You Anywhere." We searched for books on Knots, one of which I purchased a hard copy (I wanted to see the picture illustrations).  
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>It really made the trip fun, and with space at premium in small boats, it might be just what the doctor ordered, or the skipper for that matter.  To be able to browse and select reading material to reflect your mood seems like a good thing to me.
>
>So Art; the kindle has passed the wife test with flying colors.
>
>Caesar
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>From: Alan Robertson <bigal_61 at msn.com>
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>Sent: Thu, December 17, 2009 12:57:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Kindle versus Sony Touch Reader, Experience?
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>Hey guys,
>The Rhodes website is supposed to be for sailboating. Don't burden our in - boxes with your personal extraneous conversations etc. on things not of interest to we sailors!! Please send your stuff to individual "E" addresses in the future.
>Bigal-Delmar NY
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>  From: Ronald Lipton<mailto:ronald.lipton at gmail.com> 
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>  Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:42 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Kindle versus Sony Touch Reader, Experience?
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>  I am waiting for the next generation of tablets too.  Apple seems to be 
>  arranging
>  for magazine subscriptions, books, etc all available from the itunes 
>  store.  It
>  sounds like a more appealiing option.
>
>  Ron
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>  R22RumRunner at aol.com<mailto:R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>  > Art,
>  > Kimberly has one of the original Kindle's and uses it all the time. You can 
>  >  download books without having to connect to a computer. It uses wireless 
>  > cell  technology to give you access to download just about anything you would 
>  > ever  want. It holds something like 200 books and you decide what you want 
>  > to keep or  erase. 
>  >  
>  > Rummy
>  >  
>  >  
>  > In a message dated 12/17/2009 10:51:56 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
>  > gjm at techgra.com<mailto:gjm at techgra.com> writes:
>  >
>  > On Dec  17, 2009, at 10:39 AM, Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
>  >
>  >  
>  >> Has anyone had  experience or working knowledge with these electronic  
>  >>  readers?
>  >>    
>  >
>  > Art--
>  >
>  > I have the original Kindle and use it everyday  for books, newspapers,  
>  > magazines, and blogs.  It syncs to the  iPhone, so you can pickup  
>  > reading on your iPhone if you want. I'm  sure the newer models are  
>  > better than the one I have, but I'm  waiting to see what the rumored  
>  > Apple iTablet will be  like.
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