eReader Question

[RichardM1]

Clearly YOU don't own an iXxx, or you would know enough not to argue. ;P

Opacity, the new Transparency.

[Lost User]

:laugh: :laugh:

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[tolw]

I've herd of 'Duokan's firmware' for Kindle. Supposedly it handles PDF's (and more) a lot better than Kindle's firmware. I have not tried it myself (Chinese hacking skills scare me :-D ) , so I can't really advise for or against it, just thought I can mention it's out there. Anyway, you may want to google for 'duokan' A couple of guys here[^] seem to like it.

[Christian Graus]

In theory, and yet, when I read in bed, I don't need a light, and when friends with a Kindle read in bed, they do.

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[peterchen]

My Kindle Experience: 2-3 days? Lucky you. I had to wait for 2 months - but then, I'm in one of these backwater Youropin countries. Reasons for picking the kindle: All reviews / comparisons I found agreed that the kindle has by far the best display. XKCD[^] reddit[^] (free 3G ist the $189 version, though.) Reading PDF's is usually OK in landscape format. (You can zoom etc., but that's not fun for reading, in landscape, zoom isn't necessary). Conversion of PDF's works well for text (recommended), but I never found a PDF where all images where converted correctly. I didn't try to many converters, though. The web browsing is "experimental" and at least for me limited to selected sites (i.e. I can use wikipedia, but I can't google). I am not sure how that is in the US version. Still, it was a selling point. UI is not smooth for that - touch would work better, and the four way controller is a bit flimsy for heavy use, but it works. I now have it for about a month, and still love it. It's great great great for continuous reading. I'm a bit set back for reading technical documents which often need jumping around. The firmware certainly can be improved, but all improvements I can think of are no match for our "paper navigation skills". OTOH I use it to collect PDF documents I "should read sooner or later", and indeed do, so it works better than that "Read!" bookmarks my browser has.

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[peterchen]

Bulky, especially. When I'm on vacation, my backpack got the nickname "Library", for a reason.

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[Steve Mayfield]

The left one or the right one? ... Or do you prefer to see the lips flap :-O

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[Chris Quinn]

My Mother in law, who is in her mid 70's, recently was given the Sony machine as a present and absolutely loves it. She has always been a voracious reader, but has got fed up of having so many books scattered about the house. The Sony fits in her poket and goes everywhere with her. As it is possible to change the text size of these readers, I am thinking of getting one for my mother, who is partially sighted. These days she normally just listens to audiobooks. The Sony does not have mp3 functionality, but the Kindle does, so if getting one for her I would have to go with a reader that offers both types of functionality

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[R Giskard Reventlov]

Kindle, without hesitation. Brilliant piece of kit that does one thing and does it well. I agree that pdfs aren't that great so I keep them on the pc and will, as required, buy them new for the Kindle.

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[Lost User]

Whichever you go for, Calibre[^] is a very good way to manage your e-books.

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[Mark_Wallace]

This one.[^]

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[Marc A Brown]

I've had a Nook WiFi since late November and love it. I believe it handled PDF as well, though I haven't tried any.

[Dan Neely]

Anything but Sony. They need to burn in hell for their crimes against technology. If instant gratification is important, check your local electronics boxmarts. I know several US retail chains now carry Kindles.

3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

[Dan Neely]

the best reason to get a nook, from a friend of mine. "If you buy amazon's reader you only have fire starting material, but if you get B&N's you have nookie." :laugh:

3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18

[GenJerDan]

Theoretically, Calibre will convert from PDF to epub (which I believe is what the Kindle uses). Don't know about DRMed PDFs, though. You should have Calibre, anyway, just for library maintenance. EDIT: Oops. Kindle doesn't epub. Waste of time then, don't get it. Get a Nook or something. If it won't support the worldwide open standard, what use is it?

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[GenJerDan]

And you recharge yours every day? And they recharge theirs every month? :)

..and water fell from the sky like rain.

[GenJerDan]

Fisticuffs wrote:

no LIT file support (if that kind of thing matters to you),

I think mine is the only reader that supports it. (EZReader/Hamlin/Jinke)

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[Trajan McGill]

The Nook Color defeats the entire reason I'd bother to get an e-reader, which is to be able to read without having to tire my eyes looking at a computer screen, which I already spend way too many hours per day doing. I heard someone describe reading for extended periods on an iPad as staring into headlights, and that's about how I feel as well. I think it's unfortunate that they are marketing it as the "Nook Color", because it isn't really an upgraded Nook, it is a different kind of beast altogether, and people will think "color, that's better" without realizing a good case can be made for either. My portable reader right now, though, consists of a rotating selection of about 4 different magazines carried with me on the train, as I finish one, I replace it with a new one off the unread stack the next time I'm home.

[Flynn Arrowstarr Regular Schmoe]

Kindle uses the .mobi format. calibre will convert PDFs to either format. :) Flynn