Helene, you mention the difficulty of typing on a tablet...I agree! That's why I love my ASUS Transformer book. It's a tablet that plugs into its own dedicated Bluetooth keyboard (which is surprisingly user-friendly, at least for this woman's hands) so can be used in laptop mode (90% of the time for me) or unplug it from the keyboard and use it as a tablet (10% of the time for me, and only when using it to read books). It's certainly not as good as a dedicated e-reader, but for someone who is traveling full-time and traveling light, it really fits the bill!

Here it is in laptop mode, but the keyboard snaps off:

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