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Originally Posted by 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)
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I find touchscreen readers very convenient for the tasks you describe.
On maps you probably want to draw routes, POIs or scribble notes.
HarryT is right: For maps (or in general for PDFs) it's "the bigger the better".
My personal recommendations:
BeBook One/Onyx Boox: Around $ 300, 6" display, very advanced OS.
iRex 800: One of my favorites, very nice design, about $ 400, 8" display.
A cheap Kindle DX may be worth checking out as well. Huge display. Only basic PDF capabilities, but the big display might make up for it.
There's a new Kindle DX(Graphite) out for a few weeks now, you may get the older one for a very low price.