It is now undisputed that e-book readers will one day replace paperback books. This revolution is spearheaded by Amazon's Kindle a consolidate of years ago. The Kindle was the best-selling digital book reader since its inaugurate and shows no sighs of waning in its popularity. Early this year, Amazon released the very incredible succeed up to the very thriving Kindle, the Kindle 2. The new model not only features many improvements in function and design, but also a whole new host of applications.
To date, no digital book readers in the store come close to rival the popularity of the Amazon Kindle. But if you have to pick the best alternative to the Kindle 2, it will have to be the new Sony Prs-700 e-book reader. Since the inaugurate of Kindle, Sony has worked very hard to grab a store share with the inaugurate of the Sony Prs e-book reader series. Here is a quick look at how well these two popular models fare against each other.
Pricing: The price of a goods is all the time one of the biggest factors in influencing a decision to purchase something. At the time of writing, the Kindle 2 costs 9 while the Sony Prs 700 cost 9. Although not a great price difference, the gives Amazon's model a minute edge over Sony's model.
Features:The new model from Amazon feature tones of new features. One of my popular new features is the dictionary function. Just glide the cursor over a singular word and the meaning automatically shows up in a pop-up box. There is no dictionary function in the Sony Prs model. Nevertheless, Sony's reader does have some features not found on the Kindle 2. For example, it has Led backlighting that allows you to read in the dark. In totality, although the Sony reader does have some unique features, Amazon's model has much more functions that are not found on any other digital book reader (e.g. Free wireless capabilities straight through Whispernet, Wikipedia access etc).
Battery Life: Both these models have similar battery life spans. On a singular charge, both models can last up to two weeks (with the wireless function off).
Storage: The Kindle 2 has 2 gigabytes of built in memory, while the Prs 700 only has 256 megabytes. Nevertheless, the Sony model supports memory cards and can handle up to 16g of memory.
Design: The Kindle 2 has a white casing with soft, rounded corners. The Sony Prs on the other hand, sports a black casing with hard and squared edges. Amazon's reader has a minute keyboard below the screen and a 5-way controller for easy navigation. Sony's reader large depends on its touch screen to access the varied functions. I personally prefer Amazon's design. It has a sleek 'cool factor' to it and the strategically located buttons adds to the convenience of use. It seems that the designers at Amazon gave the form a lot of conception compared to Sony's designers.
Amazon Kindle 2 Vs Sony Reader Prs-700
