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Originally Posted by BuAba
do any of you know of any readers that should come along within the next 12 months that are worth waiting for?
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There is already a good selection of devices with 6" screens. None is perfect, but several are good enough. For travel, 6" may be the best size but it is small if you need large text.
I like the iLiad's 8" screen better around the house and even on travel (where it is a bit inconvenient). PVI is supposed to be making 8" screens, and so there may be alternatives to the iLiad at this size in the future. However, I don't think any have been announced. What has been announced are a couple of devices with 9.7" screens. These presumably improve on the iLiad as a "professional" device, e.g. for reading A4 PDFs and taking notes. The 8"/9.7" size might also find a niche as a newspaper replacement. There is as yet no practical experience with the 9.7" screen size as an e-book reader.
The price of all device types is likely to come down over time, but the readers with large screens are likely to remain expensive.