more data doesn't always help
I got smart and went out to see an actual Sony Reader today, because online information can only tell one so much. My thinking was, if I liked the Sony, I'd return the Nook; if I didn't like the Sony or couldn't try one after all, I'd keep the Nook. Simple, right? Not so much.
Target was my first stop, since their website said they had the Sony e-readers in stock. Which they did, but their display model had been stolen. So I proceeded around the corner to Best Buy, which did have one on display. I could even play with a little, although I couldn't actually pick it up. I like the controls, I like the feel of it. It does flash black with every page turn, but the Nook Simple Touch on display there was doing that, too.
On the way home, I was pretty sure that I would return the Nook and buy a Sony.
But first I wanted to try out holding the Nook the way I would have to hold the Sony to turn the pages. It...doesn't work all that well. The exact shape and weight are a bit different, so I can't be a hundred percent sure, but I'm dubious. (It's much better in the cover, but I wasn't going to buy a Sony cover right away, if at all.) And my Nook does only flash every six pages, as I had remembered. The flashing is annoying; I might get used to it after a while, but there's no way to be sure without testing it, and I don't have a way to do that.
So now I'm not sure again. And there isn't any more data to gather, it's pure decision-making.
Gaaaaaah!
Crossposted from dreamwidth, where there are
comments. Comments welcome here or there.
Target was my first stop, since their website said they had the Sony e-readers in stock. Which they did, but their display model had been stolen. So I proceeded around the corner to Best Buy, which did have one on display. I could even play with a little, although I couldn't actually pick it up. I like the controls, I like the feel of it. It does flash black with every page turn, but the Nook Simple Touch on display there was doing that, too.
On the way home, I was pretty sure that I would return the Nook and buy a Sony.
But first I wanted to try out holding the Nook the way I would have to hold the Sony to turn the pages. It...doesn't work all that well. The exact shape and weight are a bit different, so I can't be a hundred percent sure, but I'm dubious. (It's much better in the cover, but I wasn't going to buy a Sony cover right away, if at all.) And my Nook does only flash every six pages, as I had remembered. The flashing is annoying; I might get used to it after a while, but there's no way to be sure without testing it, and I don't have a way to do that.
So now I'm not sure again. And there isn't any more data to gather, it's pure decision-making.
Gaaaaaah!
Crossposted from dreamwidth, where there are
comments. Comments welcome here or there.