I love reading and I’m thinking of buying the Sony ebook reader (the touch screen) one. But I’m only here in the US until the 27th and I’ll be going back to New Zealand then. Can I use it outside the US? Will I still be able to buy books from Google? Bust most importantly, will it worth it to buy it? I have an Ipod touch as well. Maybe I should just stick to my Ipod touch?
Will be waiting for your answers. Thanks, guys!
Yes, you can use Sony Reader outside the US. It can work without problem. Don’t read too much with ipod touch, the screen is too small and it has backlit, so it will harm our eyes if we read too much with it. Just imagine we reading through books with computer screen, it is definitely not good for our eyes.
Not sure if it helps, but I love my Kindle 2 very much. Between the Kindle and the Sony Reader, I’ll suggest you to go for the Kindle instead of Sony. The Kindle is better because it has free wireless and text-to-speech function. There are more ebooks you can find available for the Kindle, and books on the Kindle are quite a lot cheaper too. There are some good comparison between them here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3ULAFVHBGYVQP%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle-2-0-vs-sony-reader-prs-700bc-comparison
And in case you don’t know, Amazon has recently put a price slash on the Kindle 2, and it adds in international wireless access and native PDF support… So take the chance if you want it.
Hope it helps 
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If you are looking for more Google stuff than go for Nook that will be better option and if Ipod or any Apple machine than Kindle they have better collaboration with them.
I will suggest to read this socializing article and comparing for better understanding, Sony Reader is not first choice of majority users.
Get socialized with E-Readers (Kindle vs. Sony Reader vs. Nook) – And the Winner is B&N’s NOOK
http://kindleproscons.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/get-socialized-with-e-readers-kindle-vs-sony-reader-vs-nook-%e2%80%93-and-the-winner-is-bn%e2%80%99s-nook/
http://kindleproscons.wordpress.com/
Better to go with Kindle as I can see from the blog link it has excellent coverage in NZ as well as OZ.
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Yes, but better to go with Kindle if you like to go and use in NZ…
thay have almost 80% geo network in amazon, and it’s free 
to use..
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Yes, you can use Sony Reader outside the US. It can work without problem. Don’t read too much with ipod touch, the screen is too small and it has backlit, so it will harm our eyes if we read too much with it. Just imagine we reading through books with computer screen, it is definitely not good for our eyes.
Not sure if it helps, but I love my Kindle 2 very much. Between the Kindle and the Sony Reader, I’ll suggest you to go for the Kindle instead of Sony. The Kindle is better because it has free wireless and text-to-speech function. There are more ebooks you can find available for the Kindle, and books on the Kindle are quite a lot cheaper too. There are some good comparison between them here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR3ULAFVHBGYVQP%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Frdp%255Fperm&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
http://www.speedreaderxreview.com/kindle-2-0-vs-sony-reader-prs-700bc-comparison
And in case you don’t know, Amazon has recently put a price slash on the Kindle 2, and it adds in international wireless access and native PDF support… So take the chance if you want it.
Hope it helps
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26rs%3D172282%26sort%3Dpmrank%26ref%255F%3Dsr%255Fst%26keywords%3Dsony%2520reader%26bbn%3D172282%26qid%3D1256199697%26rh%3Dn%253A172282%252Cn%253A%2521493964%252Ck%253Asony%2520reader%252Cp%255F4%253ASony%252Cp%255F36%253A10000-99999999%26page%3D1&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 (Sony Reader)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0015T963C?ie=UTF8&tag=moreinfo-po-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0015T963C (Kindle 2 after price slash)
I’ll say the Kindle 2 instead of Sony Reader. Read here to know more:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR266PE1Q47CYNH%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ASIN%3DB00154JDAI%26nodeID%3D%26ref%255F%3Dcm%255Fcr%255Fpr%255Fcmt&tag=more_info-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957
I own the Kindle 2 and I like it very much. You can buy ebooks from Amazon store even you’re in New Zealand. And it is better than Sony Reader because Amazon provide good content support, and the number of books available in Kindle format is kept on increasing (right now there are 300,000 Kindle books). Sony Reader, however, many users complain that it is difficult to find suitable books.
And the main problem is that books on Sony Reader are much more expensive than that on the Kindle (tips: if you’re outside the U.S. all the Kindle books you see will have a price of US$2 added. But if you choose to download to computer when you check out, the $2 will be waived. So you can get the books US$2 cheaper even if you’re outside the United States, and you can copy the books to your Kindle through USB cable). And many Kindle books, magazines and newspapers are cheaper than the actual paper version. Other benefits of the Kindle over Sony Reader include the free wireless internet access (now available internationally in many countries), and the text-to-speech function.
Hope this helps.
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