[Elfwreck]

While buying lunch, I juggled my coin purse & reader & dropped the wrong one. Dead ebook reader. The substrate is shattered.

I have been using it almost daily, generally for several hours each, since I got it. I want to scream.

Have to decide between:
--Give up on ebook readers; learn to drag laptop around with me.
--Get tiny hand-held thing like an old Clie or new iPhone/iTouch; deal with short battery life
--Replace with another PRS-505 (cost is prohibitive)
--Replace with Jetbook (costs less, which is good; smaller screen good; shorter battery life not good; no DRMd formats is iffy.)
--Replace with Cybook/Hanlin (roughly equivalent to Sony; unknown minor changes)
--Replace with used Sony PRS-500 (much cheaper; can't read ePub.)

--Don't replace/substitute. Carry physical notebook & pen & attempt to channel former reading time into writing time.

:: ponders what I can sell on ebay that's worth the cost of a new ebook device ::

ETA, 6/15/09: I talked to Sony's customer service, discovered I was covered by the 1-year parts warranty, and paid the $29 labor fee to have it repaired. It was returned and is working fine!