Hi again,
I think its interesting with the current developments of ereaders, tablets and netbook devices as the market for portable technology is always going to be niche because everybody wants something vastly different from their device as we all do such different things.
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The current reality is that the center of gravity in ebook readers these days lies in recreational fiction.
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That is very true which is a disappointment to me as a book lover to see the devices aimed at the trashy novel reader market but as far as earning lots of money from someone like me you are completely right they won't, as I'm interested in a functional acedemic piece of hardware and not another portable device aimed at draining your wallet through micro payments.
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Actually, the device the OP described exists. (Or as close as we'll see this decade.)
However, since pricing is a function of volume/demand, the pricing (as Mr Dulin pointed out) is anything but cheap:
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As far as the brother sv-100b goes I can't see how it suites anyone expect businesses with a price tag like that.
The ASUS eeeNote does look promising but the perfect device obviously doesn't exist, though the more i read about the android tablets the more I am attracted by them. I have to admit I am a fan of the android opperating system as my phone runs it and can say pdf viewing (even on a tiny little screen) would be no problem with the free document viewing apps. What makes the android tablets Ideal is models such as the elonex etouch 7" or 10" tablets have a USB 2.0 socket allowing the tablet to be mounted in a sleeve that has a small qwerty keyboard built into it to use like small laptop.
This is exactly what I was looking for, the option to take it out as a tablet and read documents on it portrait or landscape and also the possibility to put it in its sleeve and write short documents on the train! With the small 7" tablet rocking in at 90 pounds this seems to make a mockery of the most ereaders. The only downsides of this option being battery life and screen glare the latter I'd like to assess in person so I think i'll make a real-life trip and check some of these ereaders and tablets out.
Thanks again for the input its been delightful