I have a Kobo [1] that was an impulse purchase at deep discount when a Borders I was dragged to was having their close-out sale. It's fine -- very convenient -

I have a Kobo [1] that was an impulse purchase at deep discount when a Borders I was dragged to was having their close-out sale. It's fine -- very convenient -- for "standard" reading. Load an O'Reilly text, and the code examples extend off the right end of the display. Which doesn't scroll (perhaps "pan" is the better word). I also favor others' comments, that when reading some texts you want to "flip" back and forth for reference. I've waited for years for something mainstream to come along with e.g. a PixelQ display. That's what I'd prefer: Reflective, preferably with a higher DPI, but quick enough to enable convenient scrolling, panning, flipping, etc. Yes, I could have been more proactive in acquiring something, personally. Nonetheless, herewith my major dissatisfaction with current "e-paper" e-readers. I'll probably end up getting a Nexus 7. I just wish it had a microSD slot. But I can work around that. (And, I'll buy the 16 GB model.) It looks to be good enough, without spending $500 and having a super-obvious, "look at me"/"steal me" device. I also hope it's jailbroken. I want a device that does precisely and only what I want it to. The security problems people are having cause me worry, but so does the corporate over-lording that is being extended to locked down platforms. -- [1] The Kobo does have a fairly open, Linux-based firmware. It's modified from another upstream company's. That company's version now offers a landscape mode; however, Kobo only does landscape in PDF mode (dog slow, by the way) but not in ePub mode. Some people claim to have wedged the other company's firmware onto the Kobo. There's also the possibility of modifying their too-large font selection for [code] text. But... that all involved more steps than I was willing to go through at the time.