[whatuser]

Hey Guys,

I've been looking at getting a reader for a while now and I'm pretty sure I've made my mind up to go for either the iriver story wifi or the kindle3 wifi but am still a bit unsure which one I want.
I will be using the device mostly for books, but also some comics and manga as well as pdfs, manuals, and some foreign language reading.

The iRiver story wifi is currently on sale here in the UK for £99 so price wise its no longer an issue compared to the kindle. Comparing the two, this is what i've come up with.

The iRiver pros: Expandable memory, Epub, no tie ins, asian fonts already supported.
Cons: No browser. I am not sure if it has dictionary (conflicting reports), and not sure about indexing/searching.

The Kindle Pros: Amazon backed, got a browser, reliable(?)
Cons:Fixed memory, needs to be jail broken to add asian fonts, no epub or cbr support

OK so its not really down to browsing, but a friend with a kindle mentioned that viewing wikipedia on it was quite pleasant so it would be nice to have as an extra.
The expandable memory thing is a bit more of a big deal as I do plan on reading comics and manga on the device, and it would be nice to have some music on spare SD cards since my mp3 player died on me recently.

Aside from that I can't really think of anything that separates them. They both have wifi, both have 16 shades of grey, both do pdfs.. I don't know what the difference in refresh times are between them, so I can't really compare that, but can anyone with experience with both devices give me their opinions?

Of course if I had an idea of how much the iRiver HD was going to be I might be tempted to wait for that, but there doesn't seem to even be rumors of the price yet..

Thanks in advance
Sam