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yacoob · 06-10-2010, 12:50 PM

I was this close from buying iRex DR800S, to replace my Sony PRS-505, for sole reason - reading technical documentation. I'm managing somehow on 505, but it's either proper layout and unreadable font, or readable font and layout all screwed up. Reflow does wonders to Python code.

As you probably know, iRex went belly up, or close to it. Without a company to guarantee the support, I'm not really committed to buy such expensive device. After checking the matrix, looks like I'm down to two other devices: Kindle DX or Sony PRS-900. Kindle looks like something a bit too big (almost 10", right?). Sony *might* be good - but it's not available in EU (and as such, is without support). Plus it has this 3G connection, which I don't really need (and I'd rather prefer NOT to have, to avoid, ahem, 1984-ish attempts to censor the contents of the reader remotely).

Is there anything else in 8" eInk screen size range, that I should look at, or do I need to wait few months, untill all those A9s, Pocketbooks and other fancy devices arrive?

06-10-2010, 12:50 PM	#1
yacoob Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 1326 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	8" (NOT 10" :) eink device I was this close from buying iRex DR800S, to replace my Sony PRS-505, for sole reason - reading technical documentation. I'm managing somehow on 505, but it's either proper layout and unreadable font, or readable font and layout all screwed up. Reflow does wonders to Python code. As you probably know, iRex went belly up, or close to it. Without a company to guarantee the support, I'm not really committed to buy such expensive device. After checking the matrix, looks like I'm down to two other devices: Kindle DX or Sony PRS-900. Kindle looks like something a bit too big (almost 10", right?). Sony might be good - but it's not available in EU (and as such, is without support). Plus it has this 3G connection, which I don't really need (and I'd rather prefer NOT to have, to avoid, ahem, 1984-ish attempts to censor the contents of the reader remotely). Is there anything else in 8" eInk screen size range, that I should look at, or do I need to wait few months, untill all those A9s, Pocketbooks and other fancy devices arrive?