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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I've used my palm for many books and PDFs as well, that seems to work just fine to hold out for a better cheaper solution.
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I just got the Palm Zire 72 for free.
I loaded Mobipocket up on it, and I find it works well for sparse things such as poetry. I haven't tried prose with it yet, but I'm sure the small screen would prove tiresome. So far, the only thing distracting about reading my William Blake on the TTC is when I hear Beyonce's beats assaulting my ears from the earphones of the person standing halfway across the subway car. They call that ear spray, apparently. Rightly so. It's pretty bad that I could sing along. Anyway....
I'm sorry to hear about the Reader's performance woes. Maybe I'm too harsh on the Kindle, but you could call me skeptical. I'm a bit of a book purist. I'm a tech geek except when it comes to books. I have high expectations. What I liked about the Sony Reader was the advance in technology, but I knew it was too early. Do some Google searches on "digital paper" or "e-ink" to see what's coming down the pipes. Some if it looks amazing, but some is horrific. Picture animated cereal boxes. Meh.
EDIT: The problem with the traditional book is that it is one of the few "perfect inventions." You can't really improve on it, when you think about it. Ebooks will have their role, but I doubt paper-bound books will go away anytime soon, if at all. I can't imagine reading a 400-page novel on an ebook reader. Maybe the technology will come along where this is feasible, but, again, I'm skeptical.