I was about to buy the kindle 2, but then I heard about how they could take books back anytime they wanted. I then turned to the sony PRS-505. The sony is about $40 less than the kindle. I dont need the wireless whispernet technology the kindle 2 has
Recently, Amazon take back the Kindle books "1984" and "Animal Farm" just because they are pirate version. The publisher indeed doesn't have the right to publish the book. So personally I think it is quite reasonable for them to take
had a PRS-505. Hardware was nice when compared to the Kindle released at same time, but software and store let it down.
Thanks for the insight. I wondered how the Kindle compared with the PRS 505?
i have the PRS-505 so yes it has been updated since, but the Kindle is almost like a computer it is so awesome.
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