I hear that it’s quite possible to jailbreak your kindle these days, and that sounds super cool.
But a lot of e-Readers tend to be quite expensive. Why would you purchase an e-Reader if you already have your phone? Even if you didn’t, your average phone is still gonna be cheaper than an e-Reader. Depending on the phone you’ll get, it’s also more durable and portable, probably even waterproof. Phones also tend to have more storage than ereaders. They even come with color. (I know color e-Readers exist, but they’re even MORE expensive, and they also come with their own issues that black-n-white e-Readers don’t have.)
Yeah, eReaders have more battery life than phones, and they’re also easier on the eyes. But overall, why buy an e-Reader to jailbreak if you already have a phone?
I like using e-reader because it’s cheap, better on the eyes, the battery lasts forever, and generally screens are bigger than the phone. Also not killing your phone battery showing text is a plus.
I’ve been kicking around a couple of nook simple touch for several years. it’s ancient, android 2.1! It was easy to jailbreak them and add a launcher, and a couple sane ebook readers (though you’ll have to find older versions of apps that will work with eclair). pop stuff on it over usb, and it’s on there. The ones with backlights are getting super rare, but if you don’t care about that you can probably snag one for round $20 places like ebay.
Really can’t beat that, costs more to get a power bank to keep from killing your phone reading things.