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Old 07-02-2012, 11:45 AM   #1
kriket
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Device: sony 650
cheap ereader with no wifi, non-cloud based, decent battery life?

First of all let me start by saying that been reading this site and its probably the best out there for ereader related info and advise. Keep up the good work.

Now, I am looking for a very basic ereader with the following requirements:
1. Don't need wifi or 3g since I don't really ming downloading epubs, chm's, pdfs off the web and then transferring them to the ereader via usb.
2. Need a few days charge at least. Don't mind charging oce a week. Looked at "binatonetelecom - read me daily" as it supported nearly every format and was very cheap at £29.99. However, the battery life was a big let down at only 6 hours. (It didnt have wifi but dont mind that). Need bigger battery life - upto 3-4 days would suffice.
3. I read a lot of ebooks. I mean 3 books a week usually. So need something which is NOT cloud based. I dont mind paying for ebooks that I really enjoyed and will read again and again as I appreciate that the authors need to be supported but most of the time I find that previews are misleading and I have to go to [deleted] to get ebooks to actually see if they are worth their weight in gold. So linux based and android based readers are what I am after.
4. Price is definitely a factor and anything from £40-£70 is what I am after. I am from UK and here we can get refurbished kindle basic at £70 and sony PRS-650 refurb around that price as well.
5. E-ink! Also had a look at nook color but its LCD not e-ink and I think I will straing my eye with nook color.
6. Large screen size since I am a programmer and will be reading technical books.

Any advise much appreciated.

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