Which Ebook Reader?

Diakatarnis

Diakatarnis

Diakatarnis

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Hi all,

For xmas im thinking of treating myself to an ebook reader. But the question is ... which one?

Im open to suggestions, ive been looking at:

Sony E-reader
Kindle 2
Cool-er

I'm going to be reading some microsoft rubbish on it which have some diagrams and tables so it would be cool if it could display them really well.

Any suggestions?

:D
 
Nook does look quite nice.

I cant find anywhere that has the psr-700 at all :S and hte nook is only in the US at the moemnt, so i can get it from a certain auction site.

I'm just after reading my cisco and microsoft books which i have in pdf format :P and the higher grayscale would be cool. The irex looks arelally nice but with a £700 price tag, it makes me sad :(
 
but nice as in "worth £700 nice?" or as in "now i have it i think its nice but on 2nd though i probably should have saved my pennys and got a differnt one" nice?
 
Personally I'm waiting until there's a decent, fast one for less than £100 smackers. It'd have to be as big as the kindle too. I don't know much about them, but I know it'd make reading books and journals that I have on PDF a lot easier when I'm out and about. Ink cartridges cost almost £20 a pop.
 
Zom said:
If you can it might be worth waiting for the Plastic Logic e-reader. It will be revealed at CES on January 7th but it could be a real game changer.

http://quereader.com/
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I'm not in a huge hurry and as jan is only round the corner i could wait. I have the "fancies" for one after a friend came round with his, and i thought hmm that would be really handy to have :D

But will it be as nice as the sony / kindle / irec as its plastic?
 
Werewolf said:
If I was looking at one now it'd probably be a nook or i'd wait until after the CES.
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Diakatarnis said:
I'm going to be reading some microsoft rubbish on it which have some diagrams and tables so it would be cool if it could display them really well.

Any suggestions?

:D
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Werewolf said:
If I was looking at one now it'd probably be a nook or i'd wait until after the CES.
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As the Hairy Don suggests, wait until after the CES show next year.
The current generation of (affordable) ereaders don't display anything other than text well.
 
I have been thinking about getting an e-reader. Mainly I am a bit fed up having a load of books I dont want and hoping that it might be a bit cheaper. Thats the problem. You are looking at double the price of a paper version with limited books out there. It is a shame because I think right now interest is there but the function isnt. Lack of flexibilty is an issue which kind of defeats the object when it become less flexible than a paper version.

I'll wait a few years until it becomes viable and matures.
 
Kindle 2 is currently the best of the bunch.

Avoid any with a touch screen.

Nook is US only so even if you get one off Ebay you will lose a lot of functionality plus the software is currently sluggish.
 
Recently bought a Kindle 2, works a treat, except for some pdf's I bought from "other" techie sites which need pw-protection. They still don't work, despite kindle's new pdf support

Everything else works a treat - I'd recommend it.
 
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