Given what seems to be the perpetual delay of the 800, I'm curious as to what people are thinking about as an alternative? I was looking at the pictures and specs on the upcoming Asus DR-950 and it certainly looks pretty nice. It has a 9 inch screen, but a case size not much bigger (about 23% by area) than the 800. It's quite a bit smaller than the Kindle DX (about 26% by area) and has a capacitive touch screen which is said to not diminish the display quality like the resistive displays on the Sony's. Pictures can be found at:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/a...wilds-of-asus/
As much as I like the 800, my confidence level that it is actually going to be released anytime soon is diminishing quickly. With that come concerns on the viability of Irex as a company. The Asus is looking pretty good on paper, but since it is not yet released we don't know what it is truly like. I definitely want something bigger than a 6 inch screen, but I'm starting to find my Kindle DX just a little bit too big.