Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-09-01 Thread David Burela
*To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* [OT] Ebook Reader I'm thinking about getting an ebook reader and was wondering about peoples experience with the different ones available. My wife will be using it too, and she has a serious vision impairment, so ease of use and readability are the highest priorities

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-09-01 Thread David Burstin
://www.ebookanoid.com Chris. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Burstin *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 August 2010 1:05 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* [OT] Ebook Reader I'm thinking about getting an ebook reader

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-09-01 Thread David Burela
://www.ebookanoid.com Chris. -- *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Burstin *Sent:* Wednesday, 25 August 2010 1:05 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* [OT] Ebook Reader I'm thinking about getting an ebook

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-09-01 Thread silky
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:28 PM, David Burela david.bur...@gmail.com wrote: I had it all in threaded view. The original thread finished so I responded. Wasn't until 5mins after I posted that I saw that someone had started up a new thread instead of continuing the previous one :-( Damn that

RE: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-08-24 Thread Ken Schaefer
[mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Burstin Sent: Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:05 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Ebook Reader I'm thinking about getting an ebook reader and was wondering about peoples experience with the different ones available. My wife will be using it too, and she has

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-08-24 Thread Filip Kratochvil
I have the Cybook Gen3 from Bookeen (http://www.bookeen.com/en/cybook/?id=3) and I'm very happy with it. It uses the same hardware as the eSlick ( http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ebook/) but has different software/firmware. Very easy to use and change font size and very easy on the eyes. I tend to

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-08-24 Thread David Burstin
For me, I would like to be able to read newspapers, but the main use will be to read technical books and novels. I have a few pdfs but have not purchased many ebooks as I haven't had a reader and don't really like reading a lot on the laptop/desktop. So, I guess I will be reading mainly pdfs and

Re: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-08-24 Thread Filip Kratochvil
Dave, With the Cybook bookmarks are easy to make, navigating to them just means skipping one by one. With novels you are likely to have 1 or 2 so that should be easy, I gave up on putting more bookmarks in the technical books. As far as making notes, I always make notes in my 'paper' books but

RE: [OT] Ebook Reader

2010-08-24 Thread PENNYCUICK, Chris
To: ozDotNet Subject: [OT] Ebook Reader I'm thinking about getting an ebook reader and was wondering about peoples experience with the different ones available. My wife will be using it too, and she has a serious vision impairment, so ease of use and readability are the highest priorities for me. Any