Liviu, thanks for your quick response and clarifications!
No more questions, just a link I just found while trawling the web for other info. I chanced upon a site that had side-by-side pictures of a eBk, a Franklin eBookman and a Palm V.
http://www.flatmtn.com/computer/eBoo...s.html#REB1100
Didn't know that the three are not that different in actual screen sizes. But I guess an inch difference here and there adds up.