Thanks Harry. Yes, I know the screen size isn't ideal for reading...but ya gotta go with what fits the budget and so far I'm not finding anything else in that price range. There area few tablet PCs I'm looking at...but I hate to buy anything without researching so this is part of the research!!!
I came across this odd-end model on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Black-7-Touch-MI...item1e5d322589
There's so many knock-offs out there...