After much hand-wringing I finally decided which reader to get.
I'd been considering waiting until Xmas (or at least black Friday) to see what deals were available. But I got some astute advice from Clint Bradford and some wisdom/exasperation from my wife. Waiting for a great deal was also forgoing the pleasure of something I really wanted to do. And so I decided to take the plunge and get:
A Kindle 3 for my early-October birthday!
But then I went shopping with the family this morning and Target was clearing out the Sony PRS300's for 75 bucks,
so I got one of those instead.
I know its limitations from reading on the board (limited memory, slow boot up if you load it with too much, etc). And its battery seems to be completely irreplaceable, which still kills me. But I really am just looking for a machine to read on and of all the machines I actually got to hold in stores over the last few months, I always liked its sturdiness, size, and looks.
So I am very happy. It's charging up now.
In the end, the various readers are just the tools and the books are the thing.
Can't wait to start reading them!
thanks to everyone for all their help and I'm glad I can get off the sidelines and really be part of this community as a fellow e-reader.