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Originally Posted by Brandobras
that's why i'm looking for a better reading experience and i've started to look for a good e-reader.
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Welcome to the club
I went through a similar research cycle some weeks ago. My collection consists mostly of PDFs, so I was looking for a reader that would shine in that area. I don't really require good integration with an online book store or direct purchasing and downloading of files, as I do that when I'm on the PC.
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at the moment, my choice is between the Sony prs-600 and the Onyx Boox 60
i like the Sony, because of the touch screen and because I know that Sony is a top quality brand. but the problem of the "glare" because of the touchscreen makes me doubtfull about this reader... moreover, here in Spain I should buy through the internet, so i don't have the possibility to see it before buying...
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Yes, it's problematic to get your hands on the recent devices. Product reviews and photos can only tell you so much. I was able to test prs-600 and was quite surprised how much the touchscreen affects the contrast and readability of the display. Following this Forum really helped me a lot to make my decision
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on the other hand, the onyx boox 60 seems a good choice too: touchscreen (without glare), wifi (is it useful?), pretty frequent firmware updates (as far as i know) and i can buy it in a store near home .. but the negative points of the boox are the price (399 € vs 309 € for Sony) and its aspect: this reader is more ugly than the prs600 and seems more fragile (plastic vs aluminium)...
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Actually, the Boox is partly made of aluminum, too. The device's back cover is made of metal, the rest is made of plastic. I personally think it looks and feels quite nice, almost elegant - better than the Sony. And the display quality is definitely better, as the Wacom touchscreen does not require an additional layer above the eInk display.
I actually paid 299€ (plus 9€ shipping from Netherlands to Germany) for mine, I ordered it via elektronischlesen.de. Their service was very good, they answered all my questions via email promptly. Delivery was fast, no problems at all.
Actually, Luke Klein Nijenhuis is very active on this Forum, too, as is Mike Hu, Onyx's US sales representative.
The Boox convinced me because of this personal touch and its technical capabilities. It's a very open platform (there even is an SDK), it provides a good feature set and they have a lot of cool stuff in the pipeline (e.g. handwriting recognition, RSS reader). I also like the fact that is simply connects to my Linux desktop as a USB mass storage device (two, actually - one for the internal memory and one for the SD card).
I've been using it for about a week now and love it! I haven't been reading that much for quite some time. I am really impressed by the PDF zooming and reflowing features and the possibility of taking notes with the stylus. For most tasks and reading, you don't actually need the stylus, you can just use the navigation buttons.
The WLAN functionality is nice, but needs further improvement before I would consider it "useful". Surfing the web using an eInk display and a stylus is a bit cumbersome. But it's available and helpful, e.g. to do some research on Wikipedia. The browser is based on the WebKit rendering engine, so it displays most web pages just fine.
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another doubt: is it the right moment to buy an ebook reader? this year there should be a lot of new readers , so maybe the best thing is to wait some months more and see what will happen.. or not??
which is your advice?
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There will never be the best time to buy gadgets like these. As soon as you have yours, a new generation will come out...
I personally am very fond of the Boox and am happy to have made the purchase. Next is installing calibre and getting some order in my random collection of PDFs and ePubs
Feel free to ask for more details about the Boox. There are also a number of very useful Threads on this Forum about it that are worth a read.
Bye,
LenZ