[BrainDead]

I'm hoping to buy an e-Book Reader and having researched what's available wanted to check whether I have any other options open to me.

Firstly I would like a relatively pure e-Book reader therefore my criteria are:

- decent battery life
- readable in sunlight
- above pretty much rules out anything with colour TFTs
- no 'locked in' devices with proprietry formats (e.g. Kindle)
- must support ePub and HTML. PDF a useful bonus.
- no Sony devices (bad personal experience with anything Sony)
- reasonable price
- something that can take simple text notes (i.e. notepad function)

In the UK our options are more limited than in the US, but I was looking at the Kobe Touch because of its reasonable price but it doesn't have note taking ability. Based on the downloaded desktop software, it seems pretty locked into the Kobe store as well. I will need to load and read DRM free ePubs from a variety of legitimate sources. Additionally it doesn't have a notepad facility.

I also noticed that colour eInk screens are available although I haven't seen any devices that incorporate them or any indications of expected battery life although Amazon is reportedly producing one soon.

Baiscally need to know:-
- is there anything out there with a colour eInk screen
- indication of battery life on colour eInk screen
- anything out there that has a notepad that can take even simple text notes
- what happens when the batteries die (it seems with most readers they cannot be replaced)