To the other knowlegeable peeps: wasn't there a 9inch Kindle pre-touchscreens which was good for reading PDF? I think it was called something like a Kindle DX? Are they still available? Edit: just googled this and according to this article, which is a year old, they are still sold:
http://venturebeat.com/2013/06/05/am...eader-for-299/
Apart from that I think a tablet would be the best option. I've seen a review of the Onyx Book T68 on youtube and thought that if you want all those apps you'd be better with a tablet than an ereader, but I didn't realise it was eink and not lcd.
To the OP: I thought I'd hate a touchscreen, but after purchasing the Kindle PW2, I very quickly got used to it. I just give the screen a quick wipe with a pc screen cleaner occasionally. Don't notice the slight smudges. I've adjusted to the screen's sensitivity level. I'm not sure I'd recommend it for PDF's though. Oh, and it's not a bad idea to avoid epub readers imho, because of the new DRM. (There is another thread about this.)
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=231939
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=241904
Apart from this new epub issue Apprentice Alf and Calibre are your friends in making a reader bookshop agnostic.