Which reader?

[tsang89]

Hey guys, I found this forum as I was searching for e-readers and would like some suggestions.

I'd like one that can read almost anything text or picture related, under aprx 350 (but of course cheaper the better), has integrated dictionary, decent to awesome battery life and charge time, decent amount of space (or uses memory cards/sticks), not too small, reads multiple languages and won't be too slow....

Oh also I mainly read PDF files; just to state because the wiki says PDFs don't work well with portable devices ...

I've looked at the Sony 505, Cybook and the BeBook...

Anyone got any other suggestions or any comments, pros, cons about the ones I've chosen?

[Catire]

Hey guys, I found this forum as I was searching for e-readers and would like some suggestions.

Welcome to mobileread

Oh also I mainly read PDF files; just to state because the wiki says PDFs don't work well with portable devices ...

None of the 6" devices work well with pdfs that arent specifically made for their screen, if this is a must try looking at the kindle DX.

I'd like one that can read almost anything text or picture related, under aprx 350 (but of course cheaper the better), has integrated dictionary,

The astak ez reader (Based on the bebook?) is the one that supports the most ebook formats that i´ve seen, but i dont know how well it displays them. Also the Jetbook reads a lot of formats too.

decent to awesome battery life and charge time, decent amount of space (or uses memory cards/sticks), not too small, reads multiple languages and won't be too slow....

Most (e-ink based) ebook readers have awesome battery lives and anything over 100 mb is enough for ebook storage in my opinion, but again most ebook readers have the option to add extra storage.

[desertgrandma]

Welcome to MobileRead, tsang89.

There are many choices out there. Look at our wiki here for a list of the different devices, and info on all..........

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_devices

Be sure an download some of the free books available here.

Enjoy the search!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by tsang89

Hey guys, I found this forum as I was searching for e-readers and would like some suggestions.

I'd like one that can read almost anything text or picture related, under aprx 350 (but of course cheaper the better), has integrated dictionary, decent to awesome battery life and charge time, decent amount of space (or uses memory cards/sticks), not too small, reads multiple languages and won't be too slow....

Oh also I mainly read PDF files; just to state because the wiki says PDFs don't work well with portable devices ...

I've looked at the Sony 505, Cybook and the BeBook...

Anyone got any other suggestions or any comments, pros, cons about the ones I've chosen?

I do have to say that none of the 6" eink devices will give a satisfying PDF reading experience when dealing with letter sized PDF. And while the Kindle DX has a nice larger 9.7" screen, it's PDF software is seriously lacking, Enough so to say to wait. There is a rumor of a larger screen Sony coming out in August. But if this is true and it's not August, then I'd suspect October. But for PDF, my suggestion is to wait. What we have now in larger screens is either lackluster (Amazon DX) or too expensive (iRex DR).

[Sweetpea]

About those PDF files, are they textbook files (with lots of graphs, tables, pictures, etc)? Or novels in PDF format? I don't think an 6" device would matter too much in the latter case, but if it's the first case, I'd look at a larger screen...

[tsang89]

I read mostly just texts but there could be some pictures once in awhile. So I guess I'll just wait for the bigger readers.