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I've had mine for a day now, and overall I'm quite happy with it. It displays PDFs quite well. I looked at various PDFs of different sizes and different content and all displayed great (art books by Andrew Loomis, programming manuals, original Dickens novels, etc.). Of course the display of prc files is also excellent (wished they supported ePub).
There are some deficiencies but most are software related in regards to PDF support. Not having the ability to annotate, go to a page number, support of links within the PDF, dictionary support, the metadata is awful, etc. I'd also really like to have a zoom function for PDFs. I'm hoping these issues will be resolved with a software upgrade. I had also hoped that the original Kindle (and subsequent Kindles) would get a software upgrade that would provide folder (or tag) support, but that hasn't happened yet, so I'm not entirely optimistic.
In regards to hardware, not supporting an SD card is a huge mistake. I have the Gadshill Edition of Charles Dickens' Works -- 34 volumes with all the original illustrations and several additional illustrations as well. This takes up half my available space all on its own. For a device that supports PDFs, not supporting an SD card is a huge flaw.
It's definately not perfect, but I expect it will be my primary reading device. I really like the size, style, and especially the access to Amazon's content. I like having the keyboard even though I don't use it much, and find navigation pretty easy (I'd still like buttons on the left hand side). Compared to iRex I also like the KDX's price, weight, length of battery, and once again access to Amazon's content. I think Sony has a shot at producing something better, but the Amazon content is such a big thing for me that the Sony reader would really need to be stellar.
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