[sigma8]

Originally Posted by DDHarriman

What you are looking for is the Irex Digital Reader.

I agree, but I can't really find many nice things said about that reader or that company. Since I may be recommending purchases, I don't want to recommend poor quality products. If anyone has great iRex experiences (especially with the company) I'd love to hear about them. Companies can change, and sometimes people are too stubborn to see it.

Originally Posted by Nate the great

The 505 has the exact same PDF abilities as the 700.

I thought the 700 could zoom and pan? Also, doesn't it have more colors greys? That seems like it'd be a major improvement for image-based or image-heavy PDF's.

Here's a thought: does the 505 let you scroll/zoom through non-PDF image formats? Like GIF or JPEG? I'm not completely against finding some way to convert PDF to another format--so long as it retains all its detail. I may try making another trip to the Sony store today, this time armed with an SD card with PDF's. Hopefully they'll let me tinker.

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

you might want to wait just a couple of months before you decide ; ceBit is coming at the beginning of march and we may see some new devices announced there.

Thanks Zelda, your comments on the screen were very helpful, and that's good advice about ceBit. I had read somewhere else that we just had the other major show in Jan, but I forgot about ceBit. March 3-8 isn't far away and I see Sony Deutschland is on the exhibitor list!

Originally Posted by desertgrandma

Welcome to MobileRead, Sigma8.

I'm sorry you don't read for a hobby, but at least you read!

Thanks, DG. I've been impressed by your comprehensive welcomes And I would read for a hobby (because I like stories), but I'm basically staring at text all day for work, and also for a good part of my free time (in the form of information-surfing), so outside of that, I usually prefer to use my eyes for something else--you know, to remind me there are more things than letters in the world!

So I know I sound pretty Sony-decided (albeit torn between the two), but honestly I'm hoping to hear from anyone who might be loading their devices primarily with generated content. Anyone up to that? I still would like to hear how nice the Kindle's web browser is (or is reasonably expected to become), because that could truly be a sudden ace in the hole for Kindle.