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Hi!

I broke the display of my Kindle3 Keyboard yesterday and am looking for a replacement now.
I mainly used it for reading literary (mobi/azw) books and two column scientific articles, but also for pdf textbooks (which were just large enough to be readable in landscape format).

Here is a list of features that I used a lot on my Kindle 3 and that I would like to see in the new device:

The reader must have:
- A 6" non-glossy eink display
- Support for WPA-enterprise (eduroam)
- Some mode for viewing 2-column pdfs and zooming pdfs
- Content must be transferable from a linux pc, (I heard that is a problem with epub drm. Is this true?) preferably via wifi or sd-card (i.e. not plugging in the device via usb)
- Support for mobi or epub

It would be very nice to have:
- Physical buttons instead of a touchscreen (especially for flipping pages)
- A dictionary for looking up unknown words in the text
- A Collection, Shelf or Folder system to organize the books
- Page flipping buttons along the edges (so that it can be used single-handedly)

It would be nice to have
- More than 2GB of memory or a microSD slot
- A browser

I do not mind using some hacks to get these things to work. (This was necessary with the Kindle as well). I would mind using a dual boot system (like duokan).
I do not care whether it supports mobi or epub.


I am a little sceptic about lighted readers, because I am worried my eyes would get tired faster with this, but I have not seen one yet so this might be a prejudice. Is there anyone really having this problem?

The more common non-touchscreen readers I found in my first searches had no WPA-enterprise support (K4NT) or were too small for my taste (Kobo mini). I do not know about the Sony T2, but the tests seemed to say its technology is one generation older than its price.


I see there is probably no device fulfilling all of the above criteria. Which readers are closest and which would you recommend?

Thank you very much!