Kindle / Kobo

[SirPercival]

Thinking of buying one of these for MrsSirP for Christmas as she is an avid reader.

Started off looking at the Kindle as it was the one I"d heard of. After passing WHSmith I saw the Kobo and looking at it, it seems much better than the Kindle.

Not trying to start a PS3/Xbox or iPhone/Blackberry debate but.........

Does anyone have any experience of either that may help me?

p.s. Will I get one of these cheaper in Vegas and are there any compatabilty issues?

p.p.s MrsSirP doesn"t know so please don"t tell her.

[Mikeyboy9361]

Just throw the Sony Reader into the mix....awesome.  

[Paulie_D]

I have the previous generation Kindle (K3)...the one with the keyboard and love it but the Kobo wasn"t on the market then.

The Kobo can use several different formats Epub, mobi, PDF, TXT, HTML & RTF (amongst others) for books whereas the Kindle uses only Mobi or Amazon"s proprietary AZW format. There are programs to convert ePub & others to Mobi but both are widely available.

I think that ePub is slightly friendlier for casual use but its a matter of preference.

Its also easier to "find" free ePubs than Mobis in my opinion.

Here"s a quick review of the Kobo (with a comparison to the Kindle)...LINKY

Whichever you chose, I strongly recommend some software to manage your books (and convert as required) called Calibre....it"s excellent.

[bear21]

Been looking at reviews etc online and the kindle seems to be the one to go for - there are also 2 different ones you can choose.
the next one seems to be the Nook ?? never heard of it myself but this looks like a good buy

In last place was the kobo due to its performance style etc !!

For me it would have to be elther of the kindles

[Paulie_D]

It"s quite possible that the Nook will never reach these shores.

That means in the, admittedly, unlikely event it goes wrong, there will be no support for it.

[fandango]

I treated Emma to a kindle for all the hours she sits there at the APAT events...

She loves it!! Never heard of a Kobo so can"t help you there..

When I purchased Emmas it was a little over £100, or you could buy one for £30 more.. Which basically meant you could download books from anywhere for no connection fee.. I think you really don"t need this extra as most places have free wi fi now so you can just log in from there, that or just download enough reading material from home before you go away.

Saying I saved myself £30 was little lie as she ordered a leather holder for it the next day at £25, when obviously eBay sell zillions of holders for £5 and under   .. Hope this helps in your choice gl

[Chipaccrual]

Got Jen a Kindle for her last birthday.  Defo the best choice to purchase.

[SirPercival]

Read this and it made me think Kobo was better.

http://www.kobobooks.com/touch_compare

[AJDUK]

Deb will have her Kindle with her in Vegas Stu. Just ask for a play. It"s the £90 just realeased one. She likes it but doesn"t have any e-reader history to compare it with.

[Joker161]

I"ve had a Kindle for a year now. Love it! Although there might be a slightly smaller library than some of the other platforms, I"m not going to get through 500,000 books, so I"ll cope. When a book that I want has come out, it"s been on Kindle.

The new Kindle is cheaper and doesn"t have a keyboard, but I"ve found the keyboard quite useful for writing the odd note about something I"ve read (I"m a teacher).

There was something comparing all the e-readers in the Sunday Times last week. They said the Kindle was still best.

The next question is whether to get an iPad. To me it"s a fun toy but no more; my desktop can do everything better. But a lot of my mates have one and say it"s amazing. Hmm....

[fandango]

After spending a sleepless night pondering Stu, my final judgement was as follows.... Play a Venetian $1000 deepstack..TID.. ship the beanz and buy her one of each!!

[HaworthBantam]

Deb will have her Kindle with her in Vegas Stu. Just ask for a play. It"s the £90 just realeased one. She likes it but doesn"t have any e-reader history to compare it with.

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I bought Amanda the wifi version of the Kindle for Christmas last year - she loves it, and I was so impressed I went out and bought myself the 3G version a few months later.

No experience of any other reader, so I have no comparisons.

I suspect that whichever you choose, you"ll not regret the decision.

[Mikeyboy9361]

Just seen the new Sony reader, and it is awesome!! £129.99, with web browser,  access to Google Books, and a new Sony book store coming in December. Great look and feel, far superior build quality to the Kindle.
Model no PRST1, comes in Black or White.

[Eck]

We both have a kindle, I really like how it syncs with your iphone so it picks up where you were if you used your app to read a bit or you can buy on your iphone and send it to your Kindle.

[Joker161]

Can you download and play internet poker on an iPad?