[starrigger]

I'm hoping to take the plunge soon, especially if certain family members take my hints that a Christmas contribution toward an ebook reader would be welcome. At the moment, I'm most interested in the Sony PRS-700 and the Cybook. Here's what seems most important to me right now in a reader, and some of them are mutually exclusive:

Ability to read in the dark
Support for Mobipocket format
Clean design and UI


Right now I do much of my reading in bed in the dark, using a backlit PDA. I'd like a bigger screen, and that argues for the PRS-700 with its light. But I have a huge number of free titles on my computer already in Mobipocket format, and I like the format. That argues for a Cybook--or wait 3 months for a Kindle. (Or do a lot of conversions to Sony format.)

I know I could use a clip-on light for the 505 or the Cybook, but that gets us into clumsyland (and probably a light more likely to disturb my sleeping wife). I thought about the light wedge for the 505, but one strike against that for me is the limited zoom on the font size.

So...

Here's a question for you people who have the PRS-700. How do you like using it with the built-in light in the dark? That's my biggest single reason for being interested in it, but I haven't seen too many reports on the light, though I've seen plenty about the screen generally.

Feedback, anyone?

Thanks!