Hello everybody,
I'm new here, most obviously and am looking for the perfect device to satisfy my ever-growing desire to read more about life, the universe and everything
but seriously, this is what my requirements are:
- reading scientific papers (mostly pdf)
- reading scientific journals (mostly pdf)
- reading science textbooks (mostly pdf)
these pdfs won't be scanned images, but proper text with diagrams and images. How do the readers fare with only image pdfs? Because I do create my own pdfs sometimes and can't be bothered to correct my ocr software 
- making notes: this is not super important, but would definitely be a nice thing to have, as I don't expect my reader to be a text processer, simple marking or underlining would help a lot
I really prefer hand-written notes, are there cases that come with one side reader, one side notebook, that would be awesome???!!!
- it should definitely be an eInk Reader no iPad or the likes.
- good battery life would be nice, but it's not like I'll be camping in the bushes for weeks at a time
not planning to do so anyway
- it would be a nice extra, if basic browsing would work... I know this isn't going to be a fantastic user experience, but if possible and feasible
(what about battery life?) that would be a really good thing to have. I believe the Kindle DX gives you acces to only amazon shop and wikipedia is that correct? about that I couldn't care less because wikipedia isn't exactly the most reliable source when it comes down to science.
and please no flame wars about this. I love wikipedia, but it's hardly a source to quote when writing a scientific article...
- I didn't really read a lot about this, but how are the readers with creating reference databases, so I don't have to jot that down myself? It's not super-important.. just another nice to have
- a dictionary function is always good to have, I realize some of the readers have that, but can anybody tell me how usable these are especially for scientific usage?
- price isn't toooo much of an issue... I plan on using my eyes for quite a lot more years, so that's worth a lot more than stupid old money... whoever came up with that idea?
Did I forget something? probably, because I have to read off a horrible LCD screen
I've been around on the forum and I suppose there aren't so many readers that make sense. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
The ones that come to mind are:
- Kindle DX
- Pocketbook 902/903
- Onyx Boox M90/ other versions...
I'd really like your input on what would be the best choice or if there are others that I should consider. Are there any news when the Onyx will be available?
Thanks for "listening" and I'm eagerly awaiting a lot of replies
