The Nook seems okay also. Alas, no stylus for annotating. Personally I don't mind the connectivity. As long as I can upload documentation into it I'm fine.
Another article http://www.reevoo.com/decidewhattobuy/2009/12/beginners-guide-to-ebook-readers-part-2-which-ereader-should-i-buy/ On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 11:28, Jan Van Besien <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm in the same situation... also looking for something but still > hesitating to actually buy it. After reading lots of reviews, I came > to like the Sony PRS-600 most... but a lot of it is just a subjective > feeling... It's not the cheapest though. > > The most important feature for me seems to be the PDF support (I will > be using them mostly to view PDF's I already have, rather than buying > books with the device). I live in Belgium, so something which supports > the books sold by the local online book store (http://www.e-boek.org/) > could come in handy as well. On the other hand, they don't sell > technical books in English, and if I don't think the sony can buy from > amazon directly... > > As usual, its a pity that there isn't one standard format/api to buy > online books, such that you can use the devices with any online > shop... Guess its marketing and DRM related. > > I found http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix > interesting as well. > > On Dec 22, 11:40 pm, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got quite a lot of articles, ebooks, magazines and others > documentation > > I'm keeping in pdf format. I'm looking to put it into a device I can > easily > > carry, switch on quickly and allowing me to search and annotate the lot. > The > > latter preferably with a stylus or touch screen of some kind. > > > > As ebook readers are getting mainstream I was wondering whether somebody > in > > here would be able to direct me to a capable reader. > > > > Thanks in advance !!! > > > > Jan > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
