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Originally Posted by itdincor

Since I refuse to buy any product, such as Kindle, which requires proprietary software and formats, and absolutely refuse to buy anything at all from Sony, mine present prospects seem limited.

What I'm looking for is an 8" X 10" screen, color capable, on a device which accepts and displays all "normal" text formats. PDF, .txt, .doc, etc., at what I consider a reasonable price.

This for use in reading books from the Gutenberg Project and similar sources, old out of copyright volumes.

Concerning price, since computers which can be considered at least acceptable can be had for $500, I can see no reason for an EReader of mine desires to cost more that $250.

So: 8x10, color, displays all common formats, and NO PROPRIETARY ANYTHING! And nothing from Sony.

Any guess how long (if ever) this might be in coming?

There is the Hanlin/lbook/Bebook/etc V3 that is "open" enough. See http://www.jinke.com.cn/Compagesql/E...tail.asp?id=41

As long as the potential market remains small I don't think there'd be major changes in prices. I still can't understand why we Europians have to pay 50% more, though (well, according to exchange rates) and even providing for VAT I guess that multinational companies are out there to exploit us for good

Question: what good is the colour for reading novels/Gutenberg texts?