For readers

I keep searching for the perfect gadget to take
my library to the beach, but haven't found it yet.
For the manufacturers out there, here would be
the holy grail, in my opinion, for people who want to read:

(1) Around a 6" x 9" display
(this is a fairly standard trade paperback size).

(2) weighs a pound or less

(3) no keyboard, a few buttons, and a good voice recognition-supported
operating system. The purpose of the operating is *mainly* to retrieve (from
the net or
my local pc) and display .pdfs and .html content in a way as pleasing as a
good paperback.
Anything else is nice, but icing on the cake.

(4) short and long-range connectivity for the retrieval in (3).

(5) a bright display for outdoors, in a rugged case that closes, and keeps
out the weather and sand :-)

In other words, its *like a book* with replaceable content in all important
aspects.

I know there have been some ebook-type reader marketing failures, but I
think it's because no one has 'got it right' yet. I would be interested in
hearing what
other readers would consider 'getting it right', as I continue my search.

regards,
alan


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