On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 17:49, Jan Goyvaerts™ <[email protected]>wrote:
> I read the newest Kindle could indeed annotate pdf's. But honestly, 6" for > a technical manual ? Weird is that the DX' OS can't be upgraded to the level > of Kindle 3's... > > Yea, the kindle 3 is at 3.0.x, but my DX is still at 2.5.x. Should they ever offer an upgrade to 3.0.x for the DX, I'd certainly take it. > The iPad might be a good choice, but a bit of overkill for just reading. Or > maybe somebody in here has feedback about this ? Is an iPad any good as an > ebook reader ? > > Personally I am waiting for the wetab to be released (http://wetab.mobi/en). > It's Linux (MeeGo), so MAYBE it can be tweaked to do what I want from it. It > *should* be released the day after tomorrow. > > Looks nice. 1366x768 should be enough to display an A4 or US-Letter PDF readably, though it's worth noting that the subpixels are probably oriented such that they bring more benefit in landscape mode than in portrait mode. (Horizontal resolution trumps vertical resolution for high quality text display, as the designers of Apple's Lisa discovered, so they made lisa's pixles 50% taller than they are wide to improve text quality while staying within their video bandwidth limits.) // ben > On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 14:57, B Smith-Mannschott > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I got a Kindle DX (9.7") (of the current generation, which is charcoal >> grey) recently. I went with the larger DX because I wanted something I could >> read my (largish) collection of PDF programming and computer science books >> on. Papers too. The DX has the resolution to display PDFs designed for US >> Letter or A4 printing readably in almost all cases. (Two column conference >> papers in 9pt LaTeX can be a little tough on the eyes.) >> >> The screen is so much nicer for reading than an LCD! But, it's not color. >> I don't find I miss that. PDF support seems good. It is possible to zoom or >> view a half-page at a time by switching to landscape mode. Searching is >> supported, but only within the current document. Annotation is supported in >> Kindle e-books, but not in PDF. I've read that PDF annotation is supported >> on the newest 6" kindle, but that's neither here nor there. As to separate >> notes: I'd suggest something with a real keyboard or a pen and a pad of >> paper. >> >> I'm very happy with the DX, but then I've never developed the habit of >> annotating the documents I'm reading so I don't miss the fact that I can't >> do this with PDFs. >> >> // Ben >> >> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 23:35, Jan Goyvaerts™ <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> By any chance, does somebody here knows about a suitable ebook reader for >>> technical reading ? Not just books with endless text, but also with >>> pictures, drawings and such. >>> >>> What I'm looking for: >>> * For pdf documents. >>> * Presenting the content well. >>> * Indexing the books so I can search for keywords in the collection. >>> * Allow highlighting and/or annotating. >>> * Preferably with the possibility to write separate notes. >>> >>> One of the Kindle maybe ? >>> >>> 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]<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]<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.
