3rd day of exploring our new Sony Touch edition
The Sony Touch feels heavier than the Kindle, 1st generation.
I changed the 'orientation' to landscape and this is much more comfortable for reading; distributing the weight between both hands. Landscape mode still gives me easy page turning on the left side of the unit.
Finding and opening a book is easy, but turning the pages, by 'whisking' the index finger is very frustrating, and resulted in using the page turning buttons on side. Sometimes in other areas I find the stylus is very handy, as the "touch" & "tap" is not very productive with fingernails or fingertips.
It's nice to 'touch' books on the screen, then from the list choosing a previously opened book, bringing me to the last page read, rather than the Kindle way. The Kindle, when turning it on, opens in the last book and page read. This is ok, if you're not reading 5 different Kindle books at a time. [A very minor thing!]
As far as lending the Sony to students, we find that this will be great for the library. Why? Because our staff has to download ALL e-books to the unit via the PC using a USB cable, no wireless; giving us more control over what we purchase on the units. This is more time consuming, but more organized. This can get very messy with over 40 Kindles.
The Kindle has a wireless download and the purchase comes via "click to purchase" through our Amazon account for all registered Kindles. With the Kindle we receive between 1 and 6 copies of each book we purchase. Example: The Lost Symbol-$9.60 gave us 4 copies. With Sony, we receive only the one item.
The Sony has been checked out more than 'in-house'. We have not played with it since we returned to school for the spring term. Most patrons are enjoying downloading free e-books. They seem to be very comfortable with using the USB cable and browsing.
Presently, I like the Kindle more, for ease of use. Some tell me I like the Kindles better, because it was our 1st digital e-reader and we've been experimenting with them since May 2008. We are awaiting the Nook to arrive the end of January. This will be another digital e-reader that will be very popular with students, staff and faculty.
I changed the 'orientation' to landscape and this is much more comfortable for reading; distributing the weight between both hands. Landscape mode still gives me easy page turning on the left side of the unit.
Finding and opening a book is easy, but turning the pages, by 'whisking' the index finger is very frustrating, and resulted in using the page turning buttons on side. Sometimes in other areas I find the stylus is very handy, as the "touch" & "tap" is not very productive with fingernails or fingertips.
It's nice to 'touch' books on the screen, then from the list choosing a previously opened book, bringing me to the last page read, rather than the Kindle way. The Kindle, when turning it on, opens in the last book and page read. This is ok, if you're not reading 5 different Kindle books at a time. [A very minor thing!]
As far as lending the Sony to students, we find that this will be great for the library. Why? Because our staff has to download ALL e-books to the unit via the PC using a USB cable, no wireless; giving us more control over what we purchase on the units. This is more time consuming, but more organized. This can get very messy with over 40 Kindles.
The Kindle has a wireless download and the purchase comes via "click to purchase" through our Amazon account for all registered Kindles. With the Kindle we receive between 1 and 6 copies of each book we purchase. Example: The Lost Symbol-$9.60 gave us 4 copies. With Sony, we receive only the one item.
The Sony has been checked out more than 'in-house'. We have not played with it since we returned to school for the spring term. Most patrons are enjoying downloading free e-books. They seem to be very comfortable with using the USB cable and browsing.
Presently, I like the Kindle more, for ease of use. Some tell me I like the Kindles better, because it was our 1st digital e-reader and we've been experimenting with them since May 2008. We are awaiting the Nook to arrive the end of January. This will be another digital e-reader that will be very popular with students, staff and faculty.
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