My review of the BookGem eBook holder, which I purchased for $14.95 from BookGem.com . In the video I demonstrate how it works with a Kindle, a nook, a Sony Reader Daily Edition, and a Kindle DX. The only one I tried that did not work well with this useful holder was my original Kindle, because the spring-loaded clamps landed on the keyboard.
This is the unboxing video for my Sony Reader Daily Edition, which arrived today, with side-by-side comparisons with my Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble nook. (Don’t worry about the black screen; if you click on it the video will play.)
My wife Darlene and agreed that, on first impression, the Daily Edition’s screen readability is markedly inferior to that of the Kindle and nook. Of the latter two, we found that the nook’s contrast seems slightly better, because the background to the text is lighter. See for yourself in the video.
The Daily Edition is gorgeous, but it feels like a different animal in the eBook jungle. It feels like a machine, a handsomely designed machine, but one better suited for a corporate road warrior than a bookish reader. For example, I doubt there will be a big market for pretty skins and fancy covers for the Daily Edition, whose official name is PRS-900BC. It’s just not that sort of device. Plus, it already comes with a cover that’s attached to it, and I haven’t figured out yet if you can remove it to make way for something that, say, Oberon or M-Edge Accessories might create for it.
That said, I’m looking forward to playing with the Daily Edition. The touch screen seems much more responsive to that of the nook’s lower panel. It failed to find the Sony Reader Store tonight while we were in the dining room. Just to check the competition, I fired up the Kindle and it found the mothership in seconds.
The Daily Edition isn’t cheap. At $399 it bears a hefty $140 premium over the Kindle and the nook.