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Originally Posted by HarryT
The iPod Touch is an excellent device for all sorts of things (hard to beat it as a portable video player) but, to be honest, there are far better portable devices if you want a bookreader - easier to use, far cheaper, and giving you access to a much wider range of eBook formats. Any Pocket PC or Palm machine, for example.
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I actually find my iPhone pretty abysmal as a video player (at least, it is if you have no way to charge it). The unusual aspect ratio is kinda sucky, too. For me, the PSP is better at playing video and you can even switch batteries in case you run out.
As an extremely portable eBook reader, though, I think the iPhone/iPod Touch's pretty good. You have access to various eBook stores directly on the device (Fictionwise/eReader, Amazon Kindle, Books on Board) and there's a lot of free content available at the tip of your fingers (built-in Feedbooks and Project Gutenberg feed being huge repositories, and the occasional new promotional eBooks from Random House, etc).
The only gripe I have against the iPhone/iPod Touch is you can't copy content via USB. Only way to transfer content is via wireless networking which does make transferring books a chore. Since I have an iPhone, though, this is proving to be less of a problem. I have access to my entire library wherever I have cellphone/wireless coverage.