well for starters, those are kinda old by now (i think) and tech has moved on.. have you heard of Ipaqs? blackberrys? O2's (and their mini counterparts)? palms? most are famous and they do much more than let you read ebooks.. you can get one of those but you can get
much better ones... they are like organisers or called these days Personal Digital Assistant.. and as its as it says - lets you jot down notes (typed/handwriten), calander details, play (to a degree) games, draw stuff (you'll love the touchscreen =) ), mini media/mp3 player, communicate with a pc and some will even allow you to go to the internet.. and have something like a mini version of windows or linux shoved into a device the size of a fat tv remote control with a screen 10cm x 7cm (oh yeh that reminds me.. some have universal remote controler program as well
)..
in terms of PDAs
a good one, setting yourself about the $100-300 mark (working in $AUD) will probably get you a Palm-whatever-model (or a cheap pocket pc). lets you do the basic: organising, note taking, basic internet thing, and transfer between pcs and the ebook thing as well as some variety of files...
$300-600+ will get you all of the above plus more features, like for example, more memory to shove things on (so you can have more ebooks :giddy: ), expansion slots, better batteries, bluetooth/wifi lan, security, some have a mobile phone type of thing as well, you get the jist.. you pay what you get.
i did previously own a Hp Ipaq 2210 that was a great help during school and abit of uni (especialy when class starts to become abit boring at times.. SOLITARE!!!!
jks) as well as legit study work of course hehe.. and it was great.. writing got used to it, battery last you for the day and maybe longer.. kept me updated etc etc etc..
i had the word "previously" there for one reason, in which (unlucky me) happened to leave my protective, padded aluminium case at home (never, never do that!!) and dropped it down a stair - metal stairs.. [if it was carpet, it would survive..) so yeh.. thats probably the only con i had.. apart from the small screen for surfing the internet, but i rarely used that..
and since it was a coupel of months post-warrenty, it sits on my desk as an expensive paperweight to remind me never to drop things and leave their cases at home..
but really.. pros and cons
really depend on what type and model and device you're refering to..