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Originally Posted by SmokeAndMirrors
I leave myself in your experienced hands. Thanks for chugging through this behemoth of a post.
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The Kindle satisfies points 2, 3, 4 and 5 of your requirements. (Price, world-wide 3G, newspaper/magazine subscriptions, wifi & 3G with option to turn off.)
1. You won't find any fully open-source readers that can read commercial ebooks, as the DRM used precludes them being fully open source.
6. No touch screen on a Kindle. The keyboard is surprisingly useful though.
7. Kindles reads Kindle ebooks and PDF. Use calibre to convert.
8. Kindle works fine with Linux. Unlike all Adobe ePub readers which
require Mac or Windows for Adobe Digital Editions.
The Kindle has a web browser, which is OK. The slow refresh rate of eInk must be taken into account. But for emergency use through 3G it's a lot better than nothing.
With your requirements and in your price range you're not going to do better at the moment than the Amazon Kindle 3 with 3G, although to get in under $150 you'd need to buy a
refurbished one for $130 instead of the brand new ones for $189.