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I know this has been hashed out very very very many times. But I also know that everyone's situation is different.

I've been researching each of these eReaders..

The kindle is very swanky.. as is the DX..

I have had a chance to try the 505 (Sony) but not the 700. I've used other touch screen devices and can I say, I'm not sold on touchscreen.. so that's a con against the 700

I also get alot of PDF's.. Many of which have pictures, not just text). I took one of these PDF's to a store that allowed me to use a 505 and I couldn't possibly read the PDF on the 505. Text was too small and you can't zoom. (Which the 700 fixed I believe).

The other thing is, I'm a programmer and I have a HUGE library of tech books (Perl, python, ROR, etc) and I LOVE to write in the margins add post it notes and such in the margins. So being able to do something similar on a eReader is a MUST.

I also have no problem with buying eBooks.. In this aspect the kindle store looks better (large selection, smaller prices). The wireless and web-browser is not a concern to me.. I have other gadgets that do that. The ability to tote around 400+ books in the size of a kindle is really appealing to me. I'd hate to have to re buy my tech books, but I'm willing to do so.

However like I said.. I need to be able to annotate and "mark" pages (I assume bookmarks can do this).

So what I need is just a little advice if I should try the Kindle DX or wait till something better comes along.

I know it might seem that I've written off the 700, but really I haven't. I just really have had bad experiences with some touchscreen devices and I type faster on a keyboard (obviously).

Thanks for your comments in advance.