«Hi, my name is Cycojesus and I'm lost looking for an e-reader»
To set the context: I'm french, living in Vietnam and to fulfill my reading needs the internet has come to the rescue (PDF, rtf, html mostly) but reading on LCD screens (PDA (zaurus SL-6000 4'') and laptop) is getting old and I finally have the will and occasion to get an e-reader. A friend of my wife is going to Singapore next week and he agreed to do some shopping for me. I just need to choose and find what I want and where to find it (and how much it'll cost). That last part is proving nightmarish.
I'll use it to read mostly fiction and potentially the occasional programming book, and if possible comics if it proves convenient. It might be irrelevant but I'm a GNU/Linux user for many years and OpenInkpot looks interesting but the supported hardware seem dated and nearing obsolescence.
I first settled on the OAxis W960 because it's cheap (
https://www.iknow.com.sg/products/pr...ok-reader.aspx ) but what little information I could find (here) basically says "It sucks!".
So then I moved to the iriver Story (
https://www.iknow.com.sg/products/pr...162-story.aspx ) because it's cute and recent, and I was happy with my choice, confident that I found the right one available in Singapore. I was happy.
But I kept looking
... and found
http://ebookshop.com.sg/ and all of a sudden doubts arise, OpenInkpot comes again taunting me but the hardware (Hanlin V3 or Hanlon N516) still looks so-so.
Any Singaporian to the rescue? advice? anything?
EDIT: Argh, I dismissed the Jetbook for its LCD but seeing some pictures posted here I does look nice after all...