[jnousis]

Hi all,

Just wanted to introduce myself to the community. I have been reading the forums for some days and finally decided to sign up since I ordered a Sony PRS-505 Reader from ebay today. Hopefully I will have it next week.

I was between irex and sony. I will be reading pdf ebooks mainly and the size of the screen was something that I had many concerns about. However I saw that with the recent update you can increase the font size so I would prefer a smaller device. Ideally I would love to be able to synchronize my rss feeds as well but anyway I believe sony will cover almost all my requirements.

I also saw that many people compare these devices with mobile phones like iphone or treo. What I wanted to mention for that case is that e-ink technology should not be compared to any backlit/tft/lcd technology. If you are on a PC all day and then you need to take a break to read a book, your eyes won't relax if there is a backlit. I saw many people referring to ebook readers as "book replacements" and that's the whole meaning. I do have an iphone and I can hardly read more than 1 hour without getting my eyes tired not to mention the small screen size. On the other hand I can easily read a book for 2,3 or 4 hours.

As a conclusion I would like to thank you all here for supplying such useful information and advice.

-John