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Thanks Dalkor, I'll give that a try. I've gotten Android to work great on my old A81 (other than stylus calibration problems) but I can find few apps that will work without a menu or back key. I'm not sure which version of Android I had installed but I think it was 2.1. I got frustrated and went back to wince6 but almost immediately wished I had the glossy stuff back. I got aldiko to work but without any way to change it's settings I couldn't import any books. Compared to the dozens of apps I have for wince and almost none working for Android on my A81 it seemed an easy choice but I may try Android again. For now, wince with the iPhone Today UI seems to work fine, well enough that my wife is pushing me to upgrade so she can inherit the A81.

I did try softkeys but it was the version made for the Nook Color so it didn't work correclty. I have a Nook Color too but I don't want to hack it until I can see what apps B&N will come out with on their own. The built in reader is nice but a little buggy since I can't change font or screen colors on some books. The screen is great and video playback is smooth so the A81 has been collecting dust for a week or two. (edit: returned the NookColor to wait to see what CES brings as well as look at the Archos 70)

Anyone debating between the latest A81 or the Apad, etc, really should take a look at the Nook Color. It's a bit heavier than the Archos 70, wider and thicker, too, but much thinner than the A81 and it's very consumer-friendly in comparison. B&N is supposedly going to release a big firmware upgrade next month and open it up to more Android apps and possibly a version of the market. Based on their track record they're far more reliable than Witstech who never delivered a working Android for the old A81 and claimed it's because it has no hardware buttons. Neither does the Archos 70 and yet they have Android Froyo and the market along with a dual-boot option so it might just be they have better engineers in France than in Shenzen.