Hello to everyone in this great forum!
I'm writing from Portugal (Europe) where I live.
I became interested in the ebook world when I saw a Kindle in a table next to me 3 days ago in a cafe. On the same day I returned from vacation and carried with me 6 books almost all with 500 pages and costing me about 22€ each one.
So i thought: That's it! I'm getting one.
After a 3 days marathon reading this great forum I'm still very confused with all this formats and where to get ebooks from, especially with all the "only for us costumers" thing...
So by now I have pre-selected 3 ereaders i think will meet my needs.
First the sony prs-505 which looks good and can handle a good type of files. My only reservation is that it has been around for a while (2 years) and with the launching of the new models I'm afraid sony will stop supporting it with new updates. I also ear something about a deficient support for books in epub format? Being the new supposed industry standard it got me thinking if I should buy the new prs-300 despite the smaller screen.
Any suggestions?
Leaving sony aside the bebook (or Hanlin or eco reader or whatever, Haven't quite figured out what's the latest and best model) has caught my attention has well because of the enormous file types supported and the ability to zoom in pdfs. Is this a good choice or is it one of those things that does ok in a lot of areas but doesn't excel in none?
I would like some input and suggestions because I'm filling quite lost in this new world.
My main requirements are a ereader in the 150/250€ range (cheaper if possible of course), mainly for reading books not technical stuff with a lot of images or tables.
Thank you in advance for any help you wana give this noob.
ps: I have an iphone (I actually co-run the largest and best (
) forum in my country about the device) and tried to read in it using stanza but it just isn't all that comfortable or practical.