The new Border’s Kobo eReader compared to the Sony Reader Touch

Both the Kobo eReader and Sony Reader Touch feature 6″ e-Ink displays. Navigation on the Kobo is done by a D-pad, where as the Sony uses an intuitive is a touch-screen.

Kobo eReader ($149):

• 1GB internal memory, expandable by SD card
• Battery worth 8,000 page-turns, 2 weeks
• USB and Bluetooth (via smartphone) connectivity
• Supports: “ePUB, PDF, and Adobe DRM”
• Quilted back for better hands-on experience

Sony Touch Reader ($199):

• 512MB internal memory, expandable by Memory Stick Pro Duo or SD card
• Battery worth 6,800 page turns, 2 weeks
• USB connectivity
• Supports: “Adobe^® PDF, Microsoft^® Word, BBeB Book^® and other text file formats, as well as EPUB/ACS4 and connection with Adobe Digital Editions. You can even play back unsecured MP3 and AAC audio files“
• Huge Plus: ability to highlight text with a stylus and jot down hand-drown notes and annotations

For a difference in $50, I think it just depends on your preferred interface. The two are very comparable, even if the Sony supports a ton more formats and has a slick touch-screen interface. Myself, I’m willing to shell out the extra cash, and grab an SD card just so I can have my hand-drown notes.