My New Toy

After 2 years of reading ebooks on my iPod touch, I finally decided to take the plunge and get an ereader.  When I told Jennifer, she asked "what took you so long?". 

I quickly thought about an iPad, but while it is a really amazing device, it's too big for my taste.  I like to be able to take it with me everywhere and the iPad won't work for me.  I got a Kobo Vox ereader.  It's a little 'smarter' than you standard ereader.  It can run apps, which means I can access put on the Kindle ereader app and have access to all my ebooks, regardless if I bought them Kindle or Kobo.  Some reasons for getting the Kobo Vox:

1. Kobo (Chapters) is a Canadian company
2. The Vox (and Kobo) are a lot more open than Kindle, and the Kindle Fire (their equivalent to the Vox).  Ebooks for Kobo can be downloaded in different formats.
3. The Kindle Fire is not available in Canada. 
4. The Vox runs on the Android OS, so I can put on other apps, check email, surf the web etc...
5. Kobo will be coming out with interactive books, specific for the Vox (especially children's books; Scaredy Squirrel is one of my favourites).  Watch out, J-Man and Noah. 

So how do I like it?  A lot!  I found I have been reading more.  While other reviews have criticized the Vox because it's not as powerful our fast as other tablets out there, it works for me.  You have to remember that it is not a tablet like the iPad or Galaxy.  It's an ereader first that can do a little more.  I can check email and surf the web.  I have a little music and pictures on there for the 'just in case' situation, but it's first an ereader.