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Originally Posted by pinenut
So you don't hesitate to say that Sony Reader is much better than Palm T|X or other palm devices for reading ebooks, do you? I've used niether and been told to get palm devices because their versatility and backlit light.
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It really depends on what you want to
do, pinenut.
If you want something to
read on, then in most cases the Reader is most likely to be your best choice. The obvious exception is if you want to read in the dark, and aren't willing to use a secondary light source.
If you want an electronic organizer that will do some extra stuff, including allow you to read a bit, then you might be better off with a Palm T|X (or something like it).
If you want a PDA that's pretending to be a full-fledged PC, then you'll want to look at getting one of the Microsoft OS PDA's (though in my opinion, in trying to be both, they don't manage to be either very well).
If you want a Star Trek
PADD, well, then you'll need to get used to disappointment.
I'd suggest you take an in person look at the options (so that you can truly appreciate the difference between the display types), and decide what you want to do with it, and go from there.
That being said, I've read on a Palm for years, from a Palm Pilot Proffessional, all the way to a LifeDrive (bad design, that one, by the way, don't go for that model whatever you do -- I went back to my T3 as fast as I could), and the Sony Reader is in a totally different class. No contest, no more Palm reading for me.
I've held the two side by side (several times) to show folks the difference and no one has yet tried to tell me they'd rather read on the Palm.
I should point out, however, that like huari, I do still carry my Palm, just for as an organizer, its original purpose, not as a reading device.