Longtime lurker, first-time poster. Hi.
Ive been reading books a long time lol and ebooks for quite a while as well (5 years or so). I currently use my Notebook which is hooked up to my bedroom HDTV (using Calibre) or my mobile phone which is an LG VU CU920 (Bookworm). So I buy me a book and put into Calibre convert to epub if needed and then upload it to Bookworm. Though there are shortcomings to both but it works for me for now. Until I get a ereader.
Ive held off buying a ereader because of a combination of things. I think they are too expensive for one. And the tech is kinda limited. Which is understandable for infant (new) tech. I paid 500 bucks for my first bluray/hddvd combo player (LG BH200). I wouldn't have paid half that price for a bluray player if all it did was play just blurays.
I plan on buying an ereader within this first quarter (hopefully). I am not sure what I am going to end up getting though. And unless I find exactly what I want near my price point I will just wait. For me there is two options. A low end ereader that only reads and thats it (say $100 to $140). Or a high end ereader that acts like an ultra netbook (say $250 to $300). Obviously on the low end I can grab a Jetbook or the Aluratek Libre (I really like the Libre). Which is near my price point for a dedicated ereader. But I really don't see anything near my price point for the high end ultra netbook ereader (yet). But I do see some very interesting tech coming soon which should eventually lower the pricing (hopefully lol) across the spectrum (low, mid and high). Should be an interesting time for us ebook enthusiasts.
Anyway just thought I would drop by and say hi and post my thoughts.