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As I have said, I don't think the 700 screen is satisfactory -- at least not for me. But someone ought to add that none of the eInk screens are really satisfactory, at least none I have seen (Iliad, Sony 505) -- they have a grey background, are bw, and are slow to refresh. Compare them to a backlit, hi def screen like the Nokia N800. The Nokia screen refreshes instantaneously, has full color and high res and can be manipulated by a stylus (like the overlay of the Sony 700). Like many, I find the backlit screen (marginally) harder on the eyes, but if you want responsiveness and can manage with only fb2 files, the Nokia is miles better than any of the competition, at least if you don't mind the backlighting. I am hoping eInk progresses in the next year or two and we finally have units that fulfill their potential. In any event, I personally wouldn't settle for a step backwards in the most important element of a reading device -- the screen. And in that regard, the Sony 700 is certainly a step backward.
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