[tomsem]

I was going to do the $50 trade-in credit back in December but couldn't find out if they would take my Pocket eDGe (and I still like to play with it sometimes), and Sony is no longer selling them for $99.

However, Target has them on sale for $99, and I'm again tempted (can one have too many ereaders?). But I have some questions:

How functional is the web browser? can you visit dropbox.com and download .epub/.pdf files directly, for example (even those with DRM authorized to same AdobeID)? calibre server? can you go to, say, Google Books and download an .epub/.pdf from there? will it download and then open the .acsm file (where DRM is involved)? Feedbooks/Gutenberg? I think I would mostly be using this for library books, and experimentation of various kinds (maybe rooting eventually) and if the browser doesn't let you download content, it's a significantly less attractive proposition for me.

I assume the library downloading involves being able to open an .acsm file and request download of the associated .epub/.pdf file using some sort of web interface, so I'm hopeful some of the above would work. If not, however, I would have to think about it. One reason I never use my Nook is that it has effectively no browser and though my requirements for that functionality are minimal, it doesn't even reach that low threshold (short of rooting that is).

Also I see an update just arrived with some 'DRM improvements'. Any chance that adds ability to work with B&N DRM? That would be nice to have, at least in theory.