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Old 06-23-2010, 01:53 AM   #1
Shaitan00
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Question First eBook reader since the death of my Palm Pilot (what can compare?)

For the last 6 years I've been using a Palm Pilot for all my eBook reading and honestly never complained (suprised?), it suited all my needs at the time and served me well, but a few months ago it died - now I have drummed up the courage to purchase a new eBook reader and am having a pretty hard time choosing...

First, the Palm had a few things I loved that I can't seem to find anywhere
- AC recharger, I found this very useful when the battery dies at the bus stop, but all I see now is USB recharing (which sucks)
- Ability to show all my PDF books (I will be honest, 99% of my eBooks are torrent downloaded PDFs - as long as I can read them I am happy)
- Some other usual formats like LIT, TXT, HTML (rarely), and DOC would be great (the more the merrier - converting sucks but is always an option)
- Ability to read in my bed with the lights off (backlight), but I assume this is horrible for my eyes and I should stop (but I love it so)
- Portability as I read 99% of the time on the bus/metro and when time permits, rarely in a lounging comfortable environment

I don't really care much about the rest, Wireless is useless (I do not mind PC-connection), touchscreen seems overkill, expandable memory as well, etc... I just want to be able to read all the eBooks I want (legit or not) as I did before (or as close to).

Sadly, from what I have been reading, there really isn't anything that fits my "hopes" ... now I am looking at compromising as little as possible.
What do you guys think?

I would like to get away with spending under $200 as I just want a simple eBook reader...

Any advice would be much appreciated...
Thanks,
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