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I would suggest you pick up a 350 now while they're still on sale for $129 where you can return it if you find the screen is too small. Except for no audio and no expansion slots, everything operates identical to a 650, touch screen included, so even if you decide you can't live with the small screen, you'll know if you will like the 650 or not.
That was my reasoning when I picked up the 350, really thinking I wouldn't like the 5" screen, but surprisingly found it not to be any problem at all. Instead the bit smaller size made it so portable and light, I take it everywhere with me. It handles text pdf files very nicely. The pdfs that are all images are a bit of a problem, but just use the zoom feature and pan around the image and problem is solved. And honestly, a 6" screen isn't going to make it so you don't need to zoom in on the images, you will still need to zoom to see them.
Like you, I was getting extremely frustrated about it all and no one reader seemed right. I also hated the Nook, and the Kindle as well (no epub and the keyboard at the bottom just made it much larger than it had to be). The Sony feels like a quality piece of hardware in your hand, metal instead of cheap glaring plastic, and no wasted space for keyboards or extra screens you can't read from... it's just about all readable space. The touch screen has been working flawlessly and is my preferred choice for turning pages, it takes literally a very slight thumb movement.
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