[NTLUG:Discuss] Advice on a linux-compatible handheld for reading text?

[Lance Simmons]

I'd like to get some kind of handheld device on which I can read text. I
want it to have the following features:

1. I can transfer text files to it from my linux desktop machine,
preferably using only the command line.

2. It's comfortable to hold and it displays text in a way that's easy on
the eyes. (I have in mind ascii files containing books or articles,
though I'm open to converting them to other formats.)

3. It's dirt cheap. 

Does anyone here know of such a device?

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