Thinking on the Kindle
I’ve been spending a lot of time today going over in my mind if the Kindle might be the right device for me and my ever growing need to read. If you’re wondering why I’m reading… when there’s 200+ pages of Core Data waiting for me to read through, 200+ pages of Core Animation, and another couple hundred pages of Obj-C 2.0 waiting for me. And all of that is sitting in eBook format.
Now, so far I’ve been OK reading a bit here and there on my MacBook. The screen is good, and the text spaces out nicely… but I can’t really take my MacBook with me to my mother-in-laws, to my parents house or to work and fit in a few pages here and there. Not to mention even if I could the MacBook is just too darned heavy and too darned valuable to lug around everywhere I go.
Which leads me to – why not just use the Kindle software on the iPhone and be happy with that? Good question. The price of the books still applies. I have full connectivity everywhere just like the Kindle. I mean, basically it is the Kindle software… on my iPhone. Well, I have it already and the iPHone screen while gorgeous just isn’t the right thing for reading a 300 page book. Its too small and really does hurt the eyes.
Anyway, I’m thinking of a Kindle. I’ve looked at a couple Sony devices – and while I really like the form factor, the lack of content in the Sony store, the prices, and the lack of connectivity is really what are keeping me from going with the prs-505.
I guess I’ll keep racking my brain to see if I can come to a conclusion. I really need a device I can take with me everywhere and squeeze in the tons of reading I have to do. But, until I’ve made a decision – maybe I can win one?
