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Originally Posted by Trebro
In terms of what I was thinking, I'm more or less down to a Sony, nook, or Kindle2, but I'm open to other ideas.
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You're doing fine; you have our priority tree worked out, which is the hardest part.
You really can't do too badly with either of your three finalists but, as pointed out, you should take a look at the Pocketbook readers. They generally match your finalists in most aspects, are not tied to any single ebookstore, support more formats than any of your finalists, and have two features that stand out over the others: ergonomics and customizability. There are "have it *your* way" readers that let you organize the books your way, let you control presentation by overriding most hardwired formatting (or not, if you don't want to), let you easily add new reader apps, and even let you change the behavior of the interface (not just the look).
If you haven't, stop by the Pocketbook forum here and check out the sticky threads on themes, tips and tricks, and the alternate FBreader180 app.
The PB302/602 is just starting to be widely available and offers wifi and a browser plus the baseline Pocketbook experience while the PB360 (my current reader of choice--I also have a Kindle and BeBook, plus plenty of hands on experience with Sony and Jetbook Lite, which isn't bad at all if you can get it for US$99 or thereabouts)... Well, the PB360 is the size of a CD jewel case, very light but solid, has user-replaceable battery, stable flexible firmware, and the ergonomics just plain rock. The thing fits in my hand like a glove, I can hold it for hours with zero stress, and you can navigate the entire interface and control the entire reading experience with one finger.
It's simply a fun device to own.
If you like the idea of having a reader with no status bar or page numbers intruding on the text, like using *your* choice of Truetype/Opentype font in *your* choice of size, line spacing, with your choice of margins, etc, and you don't want to have to *hack* the firmware and maybe disrupt its stability, you should look at the Pocketbooks. They offer in-book dictionaries (plural, you can install and access multiple dictionaries), notetaking, and even a Favorites tagging system, plus games and apps. (Not all that important, I know, but they're available.) And the platform is open *and* transparent. No hacking, rooting, or jailbreaking required. Just copy over a file or edit a plain text config file to make it do what you want how you want it to do it.
If you're not interested, you should still do fine with any of your three Big-name models. They do come with recognizable corporate names on them and some people do love theirs...
Don't think you'll do badly with any of those choices.
Just remember that there comes a time to stop researching and take the plunge so you an get on with the really important stuff: reading.
Have fun!