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Honestly?
I still prefer paper books - it's not even close. I've had my PRS-505 for two years now and I really like it. I've used it extensively on a year-long backpacking trip around the world, where every gram counts. For travelling, there's simply no better way to carry a large number of books around. I still carry it with me on all shorter and longer trips I take.
I'm not going into the "real books just *feel* different" argument - it's just that I think that the current technology is not yet good enough to give me the same reading experience on a display that I have with paper. I vastly prefer e-ink over LCD, but, IMHO, before we need color we need white that is actually, you know, *white* and black that is black.
I am amazed at the lack of quality of American mass-market paperbacks - sure, they are cheap, but, boy, do they look ugly. E-Ink isn't that much worse, but since I mostly read hardcovers and trade paperbacks, contrast is important to me.
While I won't be throwing my PRS-505 away any time soon, I'm still waiting for the next big step in display technology. And while I like the idea of Sony's touch screen readers, I'm simply not going to settle for a display that's even worse.
Matthias
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