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If you're looking for something less than the TX's price tag, and all you want it for is ebooks, an old Palm III is probably your best bet. You're not going to find much in the way of new PDAs that are less than $200-250.
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I'm using a Palm T|E - an earlier version of the T|X, smaller screen, no WiFi, batterh isn't as good -- and it's served me well for ebook reading for years now. Whatever you get, make sure it has an expansion slot so you can carry a bunch around with you.
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Pretty soon the Sony Reader will come out. While it is expected to be a bit above what you wanted to pay, it is designed for reading ebooks...and has a screen that is much easier on the eyes than a PDA (the new e ink).
Last I heard it was due out in time for the "holiday season"
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Sony being Sony, I'll bet it will be so crippled with DRM that I won't be able to use it to read plain old text files.
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quote:Originally posted by Chris Bridges: Whatever you get, make sure it has an expansion slot so you can carry a bunch around with you.
This is a good point. But it brings me back to my thought that you won't be able to get much below $150-200, maybe $125 used. I really like my Palm Tungsten E, but other than that highly-suspect lowball listing (sounds like the unit needs serious repairs), most are close to the $150 I'd expect.
And that's before the cost of SD cards. I'd buy a new Tungsten E2, which at least comes with one (admittedly not very big) SD card included for that $200.
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I too was going to recommend the Palm III. I think Overstock.com still sells reconditioned ones (in perfect shape) for about $70.
I don't know about expansion slots & such, so if you feel you need that, then probably the III is not the right solution.
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It seems to me that it ought to be a lot cheaper to make a simple book reader that is just for reading books. No infrared, no touch screen -- just a big LCD screen.
Actually, there was a really nice product like that a few years ago called an eBookman. It has a card expansion slot and a huge screen. It was perfect except --
-- the screen sucked. >.<
I still have mine, but the screen's so hard to read from that once I got something else to use, I never went back. I'm still angry that such an awesome product was sabotaged like that. :angry:
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I got my hands on the Sony Reader at CES last January and loved it. The screen was very easy on the eyes.
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Personally, I'd go with some quality snuggling, possibly even progressing to 2nd base if we were feeling daring...what? Not that type of PDA?
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Am I too late to make jokes about public displays of affection? No? Only two? Good. I like hand holding. It's nice.
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quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Sony being Sony, I'll bet it will be so crippled with DRM that I won't be able to use it to read plain old text files.
according to them, you can view PDFs and text files on it.
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But not mobipocket files or pdb files, and that's half my (extensive) e-book library, so no Sony products for me. Same reason I'm not interested in Fictionwise's ebook; I'd have to replace too many books.
Hey, ebook companies? Build me a stripped down Palm with a book-sized screen that lets me install whatever ebook reading program I want, and I'll think about buying it. Until then, no way am I paying that much money for a one-purpose device that isn't as good as what I've got now.
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