[tomsheeley]

Maybe it’s just me, I’m sure I must be missing something.

I’ve been reading e-books for as long as I remember on my PC, and then for many years from my first handheld ( a Handspring Visor ) up to my latest ( a Palm TX ). Love it to death!

Now I have been drawn to the “new” generation of e-reader hardware, the Sony, Kimble, the IRex and the others – hoping to find the “bigger and better” reader from my Palm TX, and I’m stumped!

My TX gives me not only the e-books ( I have over a dozen full books on it currently, not to mention many dozen short stories, but also I can use it to write with a word processor, surf the web, watch Youtube and Google videos, and even (via removable SD cards) watch full movies and/or use the cards to store full audio-books. All in full glorious color – but only on a 320x480 screen. BTW, it also gives me wifi and Bluetooth, and games!

What I don’t get is why, if I can get a TX at BestBuy for just over $300 ( $314.99 at this time via their webpage ) how come I can’t get something that does about the same stuff in a e-reader today. Hell, Palm released the TX in 2005 – THREE YEARS AGO! Has there been no progress?

The best I can find is no color, poor formatting, and bare simple audio playback – all for even MORE then the palm costs. That's a LOT to give up for a bigger screen...

I’m sure I’m just missing something – can someone clue me in?

Thanks!
Tom