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Originally Posted by mgmueller
Not quite what you mention, but I've got Samsung Q1 UMPC, 7" display.
I LOVE it as a mobile device when traveling. I read some ZINIO magazines on it. But I wouldn't use it for actual text for more than 30 minutes. Glare, weight of the reader, usability (for example going to the next page in a document), ...
For ebooks, I very much prefer eInk devices. My UMPC's battery lasts a maximum of roughly 3 to 4 hours, eInk readers easily can survive any train ride of 6 or 8 hours.
Usually I've got my UMPC with me for surfing, checking emails or taking my ebook library with me. But the actual reading happens on Sony 505, Kindle 2 or any of my other readers.
If I demonstrate eInk devices to friends and colleagues, usually they're quite impressed by the contrast and readability. You don't have to care about the viewing angle, the lighting conditions (can be in direct sunlight), the battery lasts "forever", they're all lightweight. And there a lots of clever combinations, for example Kindle and iPhone sharing the very same library whithout additional costs.
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thanks for the input, however i dont want to carry 2 devices if i can get away with just one...add in a PDA phone and that makes 3... i looked at the q1 ultra and its predecessors (even watched vidoes on how to change the ram to 2gb after taking it completely apart) but i would like something that is a "ALL IN ONE" type of device... small, but large enough to read (my fujitsu was almost perfect but it came with vista (im not a vista hater as my laptop is tweaked with vista and is super fast) and i tried windows 7 on it (xp tablet lacked some drivers to get the full use of it) and it was limited to 1 gb ram and so it was kinda slow for regular tasks and the screen was 5.6 inches, but in tablet landscape mode pdfs and zino mags had the space on top and on sides so it took up even less of the screen and was alright to read with but not optimal..and only if you got great vision was it alright.... now im using my girlfriends 10 inch asus eee pc in landscape mode and its very light and readable..its battery life is easily 8-10 hours (my fujitsu was about this so very compareable with those eink readers)..and they just do more than those eink readers for comparable prices... i did look at the sony 505 /7 series, and researched a bunch of others online and the plastic logic is the only one i thought i would like...but they arent out yet and the irex is super expensive and doesnt do near as much as a umpc, portable tablet...
so i sold it and am looking for a new tablet, umpc tablet, archos, or netbook..
the archos 9 is coming out and it is going to have windows 7 and will be a nice slate to read with and do internet and media stuff..... so i think its between a 7, 8, 9, or 10 inch tablet or slate pc or the archos 9...
i just wish we could go locally and check them out... and see which one we would like...