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I love to read e-books on my Treo (an even smaller screen than most PalmOS devices!) I do it frequently, and for me it's actually less stenuous on my eyes than paperbacks. But it's not always so good for reference works with pictures, or books in which you need to see a lot of territory at once. For me, it's awesome because it's always with me, so I can read for 5-10 mins when I'm waiting on something.
I've also been thinking about a UMPC or small tablet convertible. I think it would be great for e-book reading and give you a lot more flexibility with formats. Pdfs would be a lot easier also because of the bigger screen. Still very portable.
Some people have complained about eye strain with any backlit screen, however. And some UMPCs don't have as much resolution as you might want. (But I still think it's pretty good, and must surely beat the screen on a pda.)
My Treo would probably let me read for more than 5hrs if that's all I was doing on it. Great battery life. UMPCs not so good, but they have some extended batteries showing up that might just do the trick to get you to the 5hr range for simple unconnected book reading.
It will be very interesting to hear what everyone has to say about this. Nice topic!
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