• Don’t miss today’s Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Tuesday, November 2: SEVEN Brand New Free Titles in Our Cool New Free Book Alert Tool, plus … Survivor’s Affair (A John Logan Thriller) by Rick Nichols (Today’s Sponsor)

By Kindle Nation’s Intern Staff

In a LatestGadgets post, tech writer Jack Ratcliffe reviews the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader side-by-side, and his verdict ultimately favors the Kindle. On the comparison of their screens and portability, Amazon and Sony were in a draw. The Kindle won in the areas connectivity, bonus features, and price—and Ratcliffe favored Sony on usability and formatting abilities.

“With battery-life and storage options almost as equal as the screen, the real differentiation between the two comes from the eco-systems, bonus features and price. If you don’t mind being locked into Amazon’s cheaper system, you’ll lack some format support options but you’ll definitely save money,” says Ratcliffe.

While this review is ultimately pro-Kindle, there are serious flaws in the review itself.

People who don’t read might think that they are “locked in” to what Ratcliffe calls “Amazon’s cheaper system,” but exactly what does it mean to be “locked in” to a system that one can only use on the Kindle, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Windows 7 phones, and Android tablets?

If you don’t own one of those, you’re obviously SOL. And you’re also a time traveler from the Middle Ages,

The other huge flaw? When you read any ebook reader review that doesn’t count CATALOG SELECTION AND PRICING as a key category, it’s head scratching time.

Generally, the caveat with reviews and comparisons on “gadget head” websites is that they aren’t written by (or for) people who love to read.

And we’ve noticed some overlap between “people who love to read” and people who would consider an ebook reader in the first place….