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AGB · 12-19-2010, 06:40 PM

I voted "other", as I have several things that it needs to have before it comes across my threshold to buy. I can't say that one is more important than the other, because a lack of any of them would mean I wouldn't buy it.

But anyway (in no particular order):
Formats supported:
A) It needs to support PDFs, Epubs and RTF
B) it should support borrowing from my local library (ADE)
C) it should support DRM'd material from more than one supplier (i.e. I don't like the tieing me into, say, B&N, Amazon/Kindle, or iTunes/Apple.

The design of the thing:
A) It can't be made of soft(ish) plastics as I'm hypersensitive to most such things. Preferably a metal casing.
B) It should have no keyboard, as I prefer a reader to maximise the real estate on what's important: The screen.
C) It should have an e-ink screen, not an lcd.

D) Hardware buttons, especially if it has WiFi or 3G.

E) it should have a memory expansion slot. Preferable normal SDHC cards, but miniSDHC and microsdhc would work too.

Either one of those criteria not met, and I'm not buying.

12-19-2010, 06:40 PM	#63
AGB Headbutting stupidity Posts: 1,703 Karma: 2526196 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Greater Cph Device: PRS650	I voted "other", as I have several things that it needs to have before it comes across my threshold to buy. I can't say that one is more important than the other, because a lack of any of them would mean I wouldn't buy it. But anyway (in no particular order): Formats supported: A) It needs to support PDFs, Epubs and RTF B) it should support borrowing from my local library (ADE) C) it should support DRM'd material from more than one supplier (i.e. I don't like the tieing me into, say, B&N, Amazon/Kindle, or iTunes/Apple. The design of the thing: A) It can't be made of soft(ish) plastics as I'm hypersensitive to most such things. Preferably a metal casing. B) It should have no keyboard, as I prefer a reader to maximise the real estate on what's important: The screen. C) It should have an e-ink screen, not an lcd. D) Hardware buttons, especially if it has WiFi or 3G. E) it should have a memory expansion slot. Preferable normal SDHC cards, but miniSDHC and microsdhc would work too. Either one of those criteria not met, and I'm not buying. Last edited by AGB; 12-19-2010 at 06:51 PM.