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Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader – The Battle Continues

By: Joseph Akintaju on March 28, 2013 @ 10:28 pm

Amazon Kindle

The battle between eBook readers, particularly Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader, seems like an endless battle that should last for ages to come, so long as users find eBooks useful and entertaining.  Thus, it helps to be updated with the latest about eBook readers, especially when you are about to buy a new reader or upgrade your existing one.  This comparison article tackles about two famous digital reader brands namely, Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader.

Perhaps the major issue concerning Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader is the capacity of each digital reader.  Sony Reader can hold up to 350 average-size eBooks, but this can be expanded by upgrading memory stick or using removable memory.  However, Kindle can hold up to 1,000 without additional memory card, and that is a lot of eBooks if you come to think about it.

Next huge concern is the price.  Sony Reader is several dollars more expensive than Kindle.  Wi-Fi only Kindle models sell for less than $150 and its Wi-Fi and 3G models sell for less than $200.  On the other hand, Sony Reader’s PRS-300 model is priced at $150 and its higher end model, PRS-900, is priced at $250.  If you are price-conscious, Kindle is your best bet.

Based on two parameters, it appears that Kindle is the sure winner of the Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader war.

Sony Reader

Digging deeper into the issue, the same generalization becomes a lot more transparent because Kindle offers more benefits.  For one, Kindle has longer battery life, more font sizes, and works better in landscape.  Also, the brand provides support to a greater number of countries, while Sony Reader is more focused on the North American market.

As far as content is concerned, Kindle’s memory capacity proves superior.  Getting content for your Kindle reader is definitely cost-effective.  You can subscribe to a greater number of electronic reading materials because eBooks and emagazines from Amazon are substantially cheaper.  Plus, you can buy eBooks from other sources and email them to your Kindle reader without having to pay anything.

It should be apparent now which reader wins the Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader, but the latter of course has something to offer.  The major advantage of the Sony Reader is its touch screen display that gives it a more compact look and feel.  It makes up for its supposed to be inferior content capacity by enabling borrowing of eBooks from libraries through its ePub support service and allowing additional memory through external memory cards.

With regards to durability, Sony Reader gets the most applause, being made of metal as compared to the more vulnerable plastic Amazon Kindle.  Sony Reader has plenty of translation dictionaries and viewable by 7 different languages.  Thus, if the Amazon Kindle versus Sony Reader battle were just about language support, Sony Reader is the obvious winner.

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