1. Small, light, everywhere: I read first, like, a lot and quickly, so it's certainly easier eg vacation, so take part, as a 10 "real" books. Secondly, I have problems with the hands and fingers, they hurt quickly 'because holding such a small thing a lot easier' va at night in bed (also rustles nothing when turning). And easier than the Sony, there are to my knowledge, not yet; o)
A protective cover is in my opinion a must. On the one hand quickly scratched otherwise secure the display during transport, on the other hand I think the reader (especially if it od about reading while lying down. In the bathtub goes) to keep so pleasant. Absolutely I can recommend the "Embrace" from Tuff-Luv (on Amazon available). It is for what it offers, inexpensive outdoor pleasantly soft, they can be, without being brittle, bend. A stylus is in place and lights can be good fix (more to pen and lamp below). It also has on the inside left of a kind grip where you can get your fingers when mans worked backward shove, so that the reader for example can not fall into the bathtub; o) And the ribbon which to hold the pencil case, can you when you open it and flips, and wonderful use again for mooring. I hope this is understandable'd like to add images, but indeed does not seem to go ... But there on the Amazon side of the product anyway a few pictures. Anyway, you can read the Case casually in any position 'with one hand or both hands, firmly in control or loosely hanging on a finger, because there are many ways ... The main thing, you do not have to like a book always or the like to keep open what.
2. A super display that looks like reading from real paper. Very easy on the eyes! In addition, you can change the font, as it suits' in the evening I'm ever so slightly larger font. It has all the advantages of a touch panel, and to a few key buttons which make the handling very easy and intuitive. I recommend buying a so-called. Control pin for capacitive displays (there also on Amazon). This allows you to display the wonderfully operate without damaging it 'when supplied plastic chopsticks I had always been afraid to zerlratzen it. Most rich and fingers, but if something more to do, it is with the pen easier 'or even more accurately, if you have not exactly very thin fingers.
When darkness falls and no one sits in a lighted room or want to sleep as the partner, you need a reading lamp. I recommend this after I only 2 that I had previously for normal books, tried and for not sufficiently good results have, highly enough either the "Kandle by Ozeri II" or "Kandle by Ozeri Flex" (both available on Amazon). I have both, but felt ultimately the Flex as something pleasant, as my Kandle II is almost too bright. The Flex I can bend so that the light rel. is far and above, then hides nothing and I am bright enough. But the Kandle II is good. Both are very light and light up the screen good (2 brightness settings). Both can attach either directly on the reader or on the reader and its case in a variety of positions.
3. A seemingly endless battery life. I got the part for Christmas and since then only 1x, upon receipt, charged. He is not even begin to empty (after 1.5 months and many hours of reading)! You can upload via USB (the same either read or files up load), but you can also buy cheap a charging plug, in which one reinsteckt the USB cable and then into the power outlet so.
4. Useful reading functions: turning a finger wiper or keystroke. With 1 click, I can be a "dog-eared" in a book making (he remembers as well as where I am stopped and makes the book when you reopen right there again), I can take notes 'handwritten (write, draw' directly on the page in the book or in a new file) or touch screen keyboard, which appears when needed. I understand a word in an English book not plan press' 1x, already the dictionary goes on. Optionally, I can google it or let up in Wikipedia. The books can be (recommended if you have many) in order collections and otherwise leave by date or alphabetically, as a list or grid. Of course there is also a search function for points in the book or take notes.
By the way you can the screen at any time to switch between horizontal and vertical, but I prefer the classic vertical view 'like a book stop also.
5. Internet: I'm not a fan of tablet PCs. I do not need to be online everywhere and always. But the reader can also be the Internet (at home or at a hotspot or the like., Via Wi-Fi) and if you just quickly look up what or wants to answer an e-mail, so does that quite well. Although only in b / w, but it's enough for my needs completely. That there is an e-reader, the browser goes pretty quickly, I think. And a tablet is more expensive, heavier and has a glossy display that consumes a battery much faster. And if my readers unimpressive lying around in pencil cases, stealing the rather no, I think; o)
6. Audio: Can he even 'if Audiobooks and music (headphones required). For this you should then create space with an additional micro SD card (up to 32GB). The integrated memory is enough for more than 1,000 books, but that stuff needs just more space.
7. Formats: The Reader can EPUB, which is apparently the most common format is (I would never buy a Kindle - firstly, he can not so much is, less handy, second one is then bound to this one supplier). Plus PDF and TXT. Here then come on a small disadvantage 'you have to find out where to get its first reading. If you, like me, likes to read English and in a not exactly mainstream genre, then you have to first look good. Simply order from other countries does not work, for example by licensing often. But then you find it, for example, a publisher in the United States that sell their e-books internationally without elevation. And if you make smart a bit, even finds a man who as I am PC grade is not a Super-Ass, a possibility to buy Kindle books on Amazon and then transported to the device ...
In any case, I recommend downloading the free program to Calibre. It's much better than returning equipment "Reader for PC". You can use it very clearly manage its collection and also transferred to the Reader. Furthermore, you can convert formats' about MOBI to ePub or the like. However, only DRM-free e-books (so you could buy without DRM or DRM which somehow got away suddenly ...; o))
8. Miscellaneous: I would complain about in the dictionaries, that there is only one ED translation and otherwise only on the language English. Makes me personally though nothing but is in need of improvement. And if you already indicating with a Sony shop for e-books, there should also be a non-US users. But supposedly comes soon. Let's see. Until then, yes there other vendors, whether to buy or even not so few free books' va "classic" there free heaps.
Would I build itself as an instrument, I would vlt the edges. make a bit wider, then you could keep better without protective cover, without tatschen inadvertently on the keyboard it also. And I would take a matte finish for the frame, then one would have to, if you like me is quite sensitive to glare, not so pay attention to the correct angle of the reading light (I have the black, in the red and the white model that is not always so ). But these are really just small flaws that can compensate for all ', depending on the needs' somehow.
Conclusion: I love my Sony, I think he's worth every penny (he is only slightly more expensive than comparable models, but may actually getting a lot more than the other one), I hope it lasts a long time, and I hope that there will soon be a lot more or even better all the books as an e-book. In any case, but I would make up my mind over and over again for this device! =)