Multi-purpose devices?

[holyschist]

I'm starting to reconsider my fixation on eInk, and thinking I'm more likely to use an reader if it's multi-purpose.

So, let's say I'd like something that I can use for

1. Reading ebooks.
2. Plain-text writing (probably with touch-screen input).

That also has

3. Good battery life.

But neither internet nor color is crucial to me...

Does anyone have thoughts on what the best device would be? I'm not averse to rootkitting, but I am averse to spending more than $300 max, or buying an iPad or other full-fledged tablet. It sounds like a rootkitted eInk ereader probably still has too slow a refresh rate for writing...

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[rebecca2525]

I've been looking into reviews about the Sony T1, and as far as I understand, it runs on Android so you can install regular Android apps. The problem with the refresh rate on E-Ink devices is usually that they do two complete refreshs on a page turn to avoid bleeding, that's what's slowing a page turn down, but the T1 seems to be rather flexible and only does a proper refresh when it's needed. You can see it in videos where people are demonstrating the pinch-zoom, or scrolling in the T1's internet browser, which is really quick and only does the complete refresh once you're done scaling or zooming. And I think I've even seen someone configure refreshing behaviour? This is all really vague, but it *might* be possible to find a simple text processing App and a workable refreshing setting.

(I'm considering the T1 but haven't bought it yet. If you find out anything more specific, I'd love to hear it!)