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I've owned the Kindle DX and the iRex DR1000S, and I ended up selling the Kindle DX. The DR1000S has a better screen (higher resolution, slightly better contrast). Then again, the DR1000S is a $860 device... (The high price is probably because of the Wacom digitizer, which is fantastic but possibly overkill. The 800SG probably uses something cheaper.)]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/
As I said, I have an iRex DR1000S, but I also have the 1st generation Kindle and probably use it more. I can get updated newspapers and blogs anywhere. If I finish one book while sitting in a restaurant or airport, I can purchase another one on the spot. I only use the DR1000S for technical documents (PDF files).

The new iRex does have wireless, and hopefully it allows book purchases through the wireless connection. If it does, I think the iRex DR 800SG will be the first serious competition to the Kindle. ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 24th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/
*eReader isn't DRMless, but it's one of the least offensive DRM schemes currently in existence. Once you buy a book, eReader (now B&N) can't touch it, they can't even find it--they have zero ability to communicate with the book after you download it. Amazon has a sweeter selection and sometimes better pricing, but so long as they maintain even the ability to touch my stuff, I want no part of them. I don't rent, I BUY.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/
If you want to read it in the dark, you can use a desk lamp or book light of some kind. I use a clip-on book light with my e-book readers.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/
Until you get a two panel ereader device with one display on each side, that is. And full colour. ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/irex-unveils-dr-800sg-wireless-ebook-reader-with-touchscreen-te/Sep 23rd 2009 4:21PM