[prs700]

Hi all,
Most of the documents offered on most of the sites I visit are presented in PDF format.
I faced the same issues PDF you all face with PDF docs:

1. The need for a reasonable large screen to view the PDF files (converting is not an option)
2. The need to be able to zoom if the screen is small
3. The hardware must be capable of handling the demanding PDF documents (a color magazine that spans 200 or more pages, the 1000+ pages text book with diagrams)
4. maybe bookmarks and identification of document's table of contents

I used to use the Adobe PDF reader on a PALM TX device, it just butchers the document.
PalmPDF did a great job, it reads the native PDF files very well even the large ones
it crashes under the load of very large files with large color images, but you can always choose to read in grey scale (never use the black and white, it's terrible).
one advantage of palm is it can read other files (TXT, PRC, DOC, PPT, Excel, Mobi and palm ebooks) note that I have been looking for ePub reader or a CHM reader nothing did the job.
Palm is also a great platform to do other things (play music, videos and install other useful apps). the only problem that it is practical, too practical, it is boring and premitive.

Sony:
PRS 505 butchered PDFs, hardware couldn't cope, got rid of it in a month.
PRS 700 : tricky, it had a leaky battery, or I didn't bother removing the SD card or completely shutting it down. although I bought it direclty online from Sony, unlike the 505 when I unboxed it, the battery was 0%.
I think its the best Sony that handles PDFs, you can zoom, rotate the screen, search (only the current title) I tried searching a PDF dictionary once, I had to stop before the battery ran out, takes forever.

everybody complained about the reflections and the light, I had no choice it was the only thing (Kindle DX does not zoom, or so I heard, Irex had the worest customer support, or so I heard). besides what glare? what reflection? how many hours do you spend in front of a computer screen?
I think eye strain is eye strain no matter what you are looking at.

The iPhone : I would've said it is the greatest, it has everything support (PRC i think is only supported by isilo it is for about $10, maybe other book readers can do PRC and PDB formats, I am new to iPhones) Stanza is great it is like having a Kindle or a connected sony
I didn't mind the small sceeen,
I didn't mind that I am forever attached to itunes, but what is really bugging me is the lack of native folder storage for PDF!
if you want to store and read PDFs you need to download an app that act like a server on your iPhone, you have to type in the URL of your iPhone on the browser's address to get into the phone via wi-fi to transfer the books to the phone (which works sometimes! but never for large books, at least for me , until now).

the iPhone interface is the most appealing, but transferring the books is a nightmare.

still looking!