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Old 10-04-2010, 03:54 AM   #1
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My friends,
I have a Bokeen Opus (I love it) and a Irex 1000 (I love it too).
I use the Bookeen for epub´s and the Irex for pdf´s and veverything works great.
But, as we all know - toys are fun!
So, what e-readers would foot the bill:

* Reads both pdf and epub (I don´t care for other formats).-
* No wifi or such, useless for me
* Screen larger than 5"
* Top quality and reliability

As I live in Sweden Kindle and such are ruled out.

Any ideas?
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Old 10-04-2010, 08:50 AM   #2
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Old 10-05-2010, 11:51 AM   #3
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Old 10-06-2010, 09:19 AM   #5
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Ahhh, the 950!!
When is it due in the US market?
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Around christmas but no sure date.
I got my PRS-650 today and may order a PocketBook 902/903 for the bigger screen. Having 6" and 9.7" (902/903) there's no reason for the 950.
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Old 10-06-2010, 11:08 AM   #8
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My friends,
I have a Bokeen Opus (I love it) and a Irex 1000 (I love it too).
I use the Bookeen for epub´s and the Irex for pdf´s and veverything works great.
But, as we all know - toys are fun!
So, what e-readers would foot the bill:

* Reads both pdf and epub (I don´t care for other formats).-
* No wifi or such, useless for me
* Screen larger than 5"
* Top quality and reliability

As I live in Sweden Kindle and such are ruled out.

Any ideas?
Olle
Just out of curiosity: Why is Kindle ruled out?
It's international, so you won't have any problems with Kindles in Sweden.
Same for (softrooted) nook.
There's probably little to no material in Swedish available in Amazon's azw-format. But that's solvable via conversion...

Else: Of my readers, able to fulfill your criterias, I like:
Sony 900: Great form factor. Of course you should go for the successor now: Sony 950.
iPad: May be worth checking out. As a reader, it may have some slight disadvantages (screen in direct sunlight, battery duration, weight). But, depending on your general needs, it still might be interesting.
PocketBook xxx: I've got PocketBook 360, which only has 5". But its firmware makes more than up for it. And there are other models, 3 new ones will be available soon.
BeBook Neo: Some consider it the most advanced reader for the moment.

As you've already got iRex 1000S, I don't list iRex 800. Else it would be on my list as well...
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Kindle is ruled out for the same reason I will never buy any Ipod, Ipad, IPhone or such. Gadgets that limits my use and restricts my freedom is simply ruled out....
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Pocketbook 902/903??
Please tell me more!
Checkout the Pocketbook threads of MR.
Even more details are available in german (german thread).
Look here for pictures, specs and prices.
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Pocketbook 902/903??
Please tell me more!
The PocketBook 903 is a 9.7-inch ereader with a Wacom digitizer screen (meaning a stylus is required; no touch, no overlay, no image degradation) that comes equipped with 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth. It has 2GB of internal memory, a Micro SD card slot (32GB), headphone jack, text to speech, user-replaceable battery, and built in speakers. The battery is rated at 7000 page-turns.
The 902 has all of the above minus the digitizer.

Euro-priced at 330 euros for the 902 and 400 euros for the 903. US price undetermined yet. (902 at~$330, most likely)

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