[chickentaste]

Hi, quick question from a longtime lurker...

My wife and are off to Europe (we live in Oz) for 6 weeks in September. We're travelling light so I'd quite like an ereader to bring with me, firstly as an alternative to me bringing some old-fashioned reading material for the trains, but more importantly for my guidebooks and maps (I was bought a whole load of lonely planet guides on pdf for my birthday last week).

So I need something that will display b+w pdf files with map graphics, with a reasonable battery life and that will charge from USB (my wife will be bringing her netbook). Preferably at a price that isn't totally ridiculous. I've looked at netbooks myself but I'd rather not bother. I prefer e-ink and I also can't be bothered waiting for them to boot when I just want to check a map real quick.

Oh, and I won't buy anything that Apple makes, sorry.

Any suggestions? Is this even possible?

(thanks for reading)