Death match: Sony Reader PRS-505 VS Iliad Book Edition
The complete works of Shakespeare in the palm of your hand

The intellectual debate has been raging for quite some time now, with musty, libraryloving traditionalists sharpening their poisoned pencils to attack the new breed of ebooks. Now as easy to read as the printed page and capable of holding vast swathes of scribblings, ebooks are offering a new level of convenience and portability to book lovers.

We freely admit that passing on a media file doesn't quite hold the same romanticism as exchanging a battered, much-loved paperback, but we'd like to see you try and fit 160 paperbacks in your back pocket.

For the review/result go to T3 The Gadget Website.