Hey all!
just to introduce myself, i am a high school student in the bay area- California, and a typical bookworm since a young age. being a member of numerous hobby-based forums, i know i'm going to come off as a thoroughly noobish person with yet another "what to buy" thread.
anyway, i've always placed digital readers as unattainable- based on price, but now they have really caught my eye.
i first looked at the amazon kindle (hence thinking they're all unattainable), but i figured:
a- way out of my price range (and there's a v2 coming out tomorrow right?)
b- wireless is kind of unnecessary for me, and i'd like to be able to torrent popular books, and not be held hostage by amazon...
so now my main interest is in a Sony prs-505. (bit pricey, but i think i'd be able to find one used.)
i also read about an Astak reader here, but the thread had 86 something pages, so i am not sure as to what there is available.
i suppose what i'm looking for is a reader that:
-has long battery
-expandable memory
-will allow me to read all sorts of formats (basically things i can torrent, as well as buy from 3rd party online stores- not just one particular store)
all for a decent price... (even i'm laughing at that statement.)
I also wouldn't mind something like a touch screen, or key pad... perhaps wifi or some sort of connection. I would enjoy these features, but i don't want to get carried away trying to get the best of the best.
thanks in advance for advance!
