Which eReader?

I’ve tweeted recently about my desire to purchase, or have M give me, an eBook reader for Christmas this year. I’m having trouble narrowing down which one I prefer, as the one I am pretty sure that I want, cannot, and will not be shipped to Australia by Amazon.

I was initially wanting the Kindle Touch Wi-Fi, however according to the Amazon website, that Touch cannot be sent down here to Australia, which mildly sucks. So I’m really up in the air as to the eReader I should get.

I like the idea of a keyboarded version, but adding the keyboard to the screen makes the device larger. The latest Kindle (v4) has an on-screen keyboard which is controlled by a 5-way button, and the Touch has an on-screen keyboard which can be controlled by your, you guessed it, touch.

Then there are the other devices out there, the Nook from Barnes & Noble, the Kobo, and the Sony eReader just to name a few. I am sure that there are others, but these are the main ones that I have looked at so far.

I have pretty much narrowed my choice down to two devices, the Kindle Keyboard, and the Sony eReader, primarily because of their ability to play audio, as well as handle eBooks. I am a fan of audio books to some extent, so to have the audio version of a book playing in my ear as I read the book will definitely be helpful.

So of my two choices (Kindle Keyboard & Sony eReader) which would you choose, and why? If you have an alternative device, what is it, and why did you choose it?