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Old 01-29-2008, 08:20 PM   #1
MachinegunDojo
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Another "I want" thread

I feel bad I couldn't find anything... relating to me at least; in searching the forum today. But all I see if features features features, all I want is an eBook reader. I've never read a book in electronic form, I always liked the paper. But this ePaper seems rather nice and frankly the only real reason I want one is becuase I only like reading one side of the book if you know what I mean. There is always that one side that is just difficult to read on becuase of the bend in the book. I prefer to read one handedly and I move around ALOT becuase I am never comfortable in one position for more than a couple minutes.

So as for the reader, I have a budget if possible. $100USD preferable but can manage upwards of $200. I figured you guys could at least steer me in the right direction.

The eBook reader that caught my eye is the Amazon Kindle, but it has features I'd never use. Pretty much all I want is a 6" ePaper screen, an SD Card slot and a battery. I figure a back and forward button might be useful as well

I am not sure about the Palm Pilots, I know they wouldn't have the ePaper screen but perhaps they can serve the function as well? I have a smart phone, the t-Mobile Dash and it's cool, but when it comes to readings the PDF's I can only zoom in and out of the page as a whole so I am having to always use the arrow keys to move left and right to read each line and I read rather quickly and the phone can't keep up. I did some searching to see if I could enlarge only the text, but alas came up with nothing. Otherwise it'd be good enough for me.

So any suggestions? Oh and I love the site, might be my new home I promise better questions as I get used to it all.
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