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I voted for the Sony.
The Iliad whilst technically impressive, is for my needs, too feature rich. I don't need wifi, touch screen etc. I want something cheaper on which to read novels a book replacement if you will. Too many features has lead to a high price that I can't justify for my needs.
Hanlin V2. I don't really have any specific objections to this device. I'd like to see one in person. Its feature set is reasonable and doesn't add too much that I won't use. My political position doesn't prevent me from showing interest in a Chinese device. I just can't pin down what it is that doesn't inspire me to go out and buy one.
Sony. The one I chose. This is their second jaunt into the e-ink arena, which should mean they know where they went wrong and are willing to make the effort to improve. They are going to support the device with a content system. This is possibly the most important thing to me. DRM an evil of the modern world is to be expected but good DRM should never affect the user. In fact you shouldn't be aware of it. In the same way I don't notice the DRM on my iPod I don't expect to notice the DRM on my book reader. The convenience of a content system will allow 24 hour book shopping and getting to the end of a series of books in the middle of the night won't leave me annoyed that I can't get to a book shop before the weekend to either get something else to read or to buy the next installment. I like the physical design. It's clearly a book replacement device. Concentrating on features around the reading of novels. I don't read tech documents and it's been a few years since I was in college so search and annotation are redundant features as far as I'm concerned.
If the content pricing is right and the DRM transparent then I can see Sony doing very well out of this generation of readers.
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