First I completely did a flip-flop on smart phones, now I'm doing one on E-Readers. I'm asking for one for Christmas myself.
I still like to read a good book, made of paper, while sipping an appropriate alcohol for the reading material. But darn it, the books have just been taking up more and more room. I've been into 1950s classic Science Fiction anthologies lately, and the books are enormous. The six I bought over the last few months take up half a bookshelf. An E-Reader seems appropriate for Science Fiction anyways. :)
My plan if I get an E-Reader is to just keep hardcopies of what I consider classic books that I already have or will get for the bookshelf. The fun reads would get stored on the E-Reader.
Of course I've never used an E-Reader, so I'm interested in comments here. The pages for the book app on my phone are pretty clear (if small). I've also seen books on the iPad, and it seemed like I would have no problem sitting down for a reading session with one, though a few minutes of reading probably isn't a good guide.
I've heard that e-ink actually outshines the iPad display. I was leaning towards a Kindle myself, partly because like Harrison, I've been a long time Amazon customer and very happy with their stuff. My boss has a first gen Kindle, which I'm sure he'd let me check out. I assume the latest generation Kindle has a much better display?
Has anyone tried the Kindle DX? It doesn't get as good of reviews as the smaller units, but I like its size. I'm not sure that I would plan on traveling with one a whole lot, so portability isn't that big of an issue. It would be easy enough to travel with by car, and for work travel by plane, I could get by with my phone. Having within the last year gone to reading glasses, I like the idea of the DX being able to display larger type while still containing more than five sentences per page.
