[SEMI-OFFTOPIC] eBook reader recommendations, anyone?

[SEMI-OFFTOPIC] eBook reader recommendations, anyone?

Omer Zak w1 at zak.co.il
Wed Dec 16 21:40:54 IST 2009


What does the collective wisdom of the Israeli Linux users know about the current crop of eBook readers?
Any recommendations?

Do the following requirements make sense?
 1. Ability to display PDF files.
 2. Full-fledged browser for displaying locally-cached HTML files.
 3. Ability to display text files from the Gutenberg project.
 4. Full Unicode (including BiDi handling) support.
 5. Optional lighting, battery powered, for at least 12 hours (for reading at night when there is power outage).
 6. Display dimensions: about 36 by 23 cm (14-15 by 9-10 inches), for convenient display of two book pages side by side.
 7. Ability to display two windows, side by side, each one displaying different content.
 8. Capacity: at least 10GB (enough to store the entire Hebrew Wikipedia).
 9. WiFi connection (to download reading materials from a host PC).
10. Note: no requirement to read DRM-protected eBooks.
Does there exist an eBook reader, which meets the above requirements?

                                                                 --- Omer

P.S.: the semi on-topic nature of this E-mail message is due to the high likelihood of the ideal eBook being Linux-based.

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