06-19-2009, 11:24 AM | #31 |
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I'm with Gideon. The PDF support SUCKS, but I'm still not returning mine.
It's better than nothing. The iRex costs too much. It has access to the Kindle Store. |
06-19-2009, 04:07 PM | #32 |
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Bleh, I got a response to my whining about crippled PDF support:
"We [Amazon] are forwarding your comments to our development team...." But maybe if they got a million of these, a bulb will go on somewhere. I am going to hold my breath. |
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06-19-2009, 04:57 PM | #33 |
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That was better than I got Sonist - "We'll consider your feedback as we plan further improvements..." and on another thread Gideon said they didn't reply to him at all.
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06-19-2009, 05:21 PM | #34 |
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06-19-2009, 06:43 PM | #35 |
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I believe that is a standard response.......I got the same one when I emailed them right after I got my K1..........
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06-21-2009, 01:25 PM | #36 |
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I know it's not the optimal solution, but you can zoom in and print the PDF to a file before importing it to Kindle. I use a program called Adolix PDF Converter, but there may be a free alternative as well. What I do is click print, choose Adolix, go to properties, and change Margins and Zoom. I set zoom to 140, left origin to -40, and top origin to -60 (this will vary from document to document). This way you remove the margins and the text becomes much more readable. I hope this helps.
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06-23-2009, 01:04 PM | #37 |
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Well, a bit gutted that this thread has convinced me not to purchase a DX. Like many, I cannot justify the cost of an iRex, especially since I get the feeling it will be outdated very quickly (and other issues I hear about on the forums, like iLiad's screen cracking easily)... Considering competition will pick up by later this year/early next year, not just for dedicated readers but also with other devices in general, the wait for that perfect device shall continue.
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06-23-2009, 02:46 PM | #38 | |
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They're still expensive though. They haven't fixed that problem yet. |
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06-24-2009, 07:30 PM | #39 |
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You would 'think' all of that stuff can be changed with a firmware update of the Kindle, so if we make our voices heard by writing to Amazon, we increase the likelihood of a fix. But yeah it could be a licensing issue, I wonder how Adobe price those things.
Even writing to the popular tech blogs so they are aware of reader annoyance at the poor PDF performance and 'may' help. |
06-25-2009, 12:27 AM | #40 |
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I can't imagine why there would be a licensing issue; there are open-source pdf viewers like evince and okular for linux that support these features.
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06-25-2009, 03:53 AM | #41 | |
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I'd guess that Amazon was pushed into PDF by the likes of NYT and textbook publishers. But then Bezos, who already owns .mobi, decided PDF adoption would be bad for .mobi and its derivatives. So Amazon did as little as possible, to claim PDF support. Which means, that there might be little chance, that Amazon will provide a fix soon. And which also means, that no one should buy a Kindle DX, for its PDF capabilities. |
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06-25-2009, 07:02 PM | #42 | |
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Amazon licensed the Adobe Reader Mobile SDK, using which it is certainly possible to do more than what they are doing with PDF (as Sony and other licensees demonstrate). And certainly not including the SDK's ePub and Adobe Content Server support seems a business-driven decision designed to limit proliferation of competing formats. But it could also be in part that they could not afford to take on the risk of dropping in so many features all at once. Bezos' recent statements that Kindle hardware is 'separate' from Kindle eBook business, 'dedicated to the best ebook reader experience' leave hope that as ebook reader market becomes more competitive - and let us all hope that it does - that the Kindle hardware team will decide they need to broaden ebook format support and improve PDF support in particular. The Kindle eBook business, undoubtedly the more profitable of the two, will just have to deal with it by offering the best value, convenience and selection for Kindle customers. I wish they'd do this sooner (e.g. firmware updates) rather than later (the next Kindle device). But it seems unlikely. |
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06-25-2009, 07:04 PM | #43 |
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It'll be interesting to see what the made-for-DX textbooks look like. If they're PDFs, how will they deal with the TOC issue? That and the inability to use hyperlinks might prompt complaints that Amazon will have incentive to listen to (unfortunately I don't see a wishful thinking smiley )
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