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reso · 03-23-2009, 01:08 PM

well, I decided to get the Sony PRS-700, the getting either the iRex Illiad or S1000 to Canada would have resulted in just over 2x the cost for the Illiad and way over 2x the cost for the S1000. Tipping the scales at well over $1000 CAD definitely breaks the grad student budget, at least for me, and I found the lack of SDHC cards disturbing, as well as some negative reviews, and then, I found those devices kind of a put off. If I want carry something around that is the size of a tablet PC I think I would just rather carry the tablet pc!

Hopefully I can read math/tech journals with some conversion on PRS700, if not, then more room for novels. The price of SDHC cards is so cheap, I got a 4gb one for $13. My entire collection of thousands of technical pdfs is only around 1.6 gb, and I don't need this thing to act as a reference, just to read a select few at a time, so if they take up more size in conversion, so be it.

Thanks for the discussion, just going out the door to pick up the 700 now,

reso

03-23-2009, 01:08 PM	#8
reso Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: none	well, I decided to get the Sony PRS-700, the getting either the iRex Illiad or S1000 to Canada would have resulted in just over 2x the cost for the Illiad and way over 2x the cost for the S1000. Tipping the scales at well over $1000 CAD definitely breaks the grad student budget, at least for me, and I found the lack of SDHC cards disturbing, as well as some negative reviews, and then, I found those devices kind of a put off. If I want carry something around that is the size of a tablet PC I think I would just rather carry the tablet pc! Hopefully I can read math/tech journals with some conversion on PRS700, if not, then more room for novels. The price of SDHC cards is so cheap, I got a 4gb one for $13. My entire collection of thousands of technical pdfs is only around 1.6 gb, and I don't need this thing to act as a reference, just to read a select few at a time, so if they take up more size in conversion, so be it. Thanks for the discussion, just going out the door to pick up the 700 now, reso