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Originally Posted by Rhygell
- An e-ink device. Will be used mostly for night-reading. Battery life of at least 50 hours (I think that's two weeks).
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Totally agree. :-) Definitely a nice thing to have....
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- Capable of showing white text on black screen?
(That's how I read on my phone, and it seems logical to read like that at night.)
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Here, I disagree. I tried, through various hacks, to use white on black (how all of my software is configured when possible), but it really doesn't work on eInk -- AND it's not really that necessary on eInk. The reason it's necessary on your phone is because the background is projecting light right into your eyes, but front-lit e-ink screens only reflect a little bit and it's not nearly as annoying.
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- To have all/most of my books on the device. Most of my books are fiction novels (around 8GB worth of PDFs, HTMLs, docs, txts, epubs).
Why: I want to have them all on-board because I switch between series and read 2-3 books at the same time. ._.
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Most eBook readers don't handle PDF very well... just putting that out right up front. PDF is a layout description, and most PDF files are designed for US Letter or A4 paper sizes, which is much larger than the typical 6" or 7" screen.
It sounds like you're leaning toward a device with massive storage. I personally am not a big fan of that and would encourage you to re-consider as it makes the device take longer to index/search/display your library, but that request can be handled.
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- Browser support - mostly for wiki and tvtropes. I might also want to use it for online manga streaming, but in case it's not possible, I'll stick to wiki surfing.
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eInk is NOT ideal for these tasks. The refresh is very slow and video would be a complete failure, even if it were possible (it is, through various hacks, etc, but not worth it) Also, few eInk based readers have good browsers since that's not their primary use case.
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- Something around 7" in size (I'm basing this off a tablet). I don't mind two-hand reading.
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Given your list I would point you toward the Kobo Aura HD or the Onyx T68.