Hi from Melbourne Australia

bruncle · 11-15-2009, 10:59 PM

Hi everyone,
[Edit: just found this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=stylus sorry]

I'm really interested in getting an e-book reader and am trying to work out what the best one would be for my needs. I'm a student and so like the idea of the I-rex DR800sg with the stylus for note-taking (at least in the future). Is that the best option or would one of the Sonys do (it seems like there are some issues with glare/annotations) or should I wait for the Que?

Sorry if there's already a thread discussing this issue - I did a search and couldn't find any.

Solicitous · 11-17-2009, 04:19 AM

Welcome Bruncle. I'm interested which one you get too, as I'm at Uni and would feel a large screen ebook reader would be perfect (save printing out the hundreds of pages of notes each year). I have a 5" ereader, but unfortunately the size screen isn't suited to reading academic journals etc.

Good to see another Aussie in the forums.

Lady Blue · 11-17-2009, 01:54 PM

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bruncle, and welcome to Mobileread.

bruncle · 11-18-2009, 03:37 AM

Solicitious that's good to know as I was considering getting a Hanvon Wisereader 526 when they're available. What do you think would be the minimum useable size for reading academic journals? Is it just due to the fact that most journal articles are pdf files?

Solicitous · 11-18-2009, 05:34 AM

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Originally Posted by bruncle

Solicitious that's good to know as I was considering getting a Hanvon Wisereader 526 when they're available. What do you think would be the minimum useable size for reading academic journals? Is it just due to the fact that most journal articles are pdf files?

I'm personally leaning towards the 9.7" screens. They are roughly the same as an A5 piece of paper. I tend to print my academic journals two to a page, so that comes to approx A5 size and find that quite readable (I just have difficulty reading off a computer screen for any great periods of time - hence I print it out). Most of the PDFs I use are either photocopies of journals saved as a PDF or are formatted for a journal (ie: two column layout) which wont reflow the text on an ereader.

hodad66 · 11-18-2009, 06:13 AM

pikelet · 11-18-2009, 06:52 AM

Hello, welcome! Good luck with finding a reader that suits your needs

Meriadoc · 11-26-2009, 01:43 PM

Hi there, I am in the market for exactly the same kind of device. I am tearing through trees (and money) printing academic papers.

If only I was a well funded entrepreneur, I would build the following A-paper reader.

A4 and A5 models
Have an interface to JSTOR, etc
Could actually highlight text and then copy that text verbatim and upload to my mac (or evernote

Also create a proper citation (Harvard, MLA, or whatever) and a bibliography at the same time...

If I haven't already gotten a bit far ahead of myself, but if it dominated this niche market, I would want a system that could learn about other highlighted text from other readers of the same paper and then give you only the option of reading parts that other people had highlighted - that would be the ultimate time saver! - hmmm maybe I should patent that...

Lady Blue · 11-26-2009, 01:48 PM

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to Mobileread, Meriadoc.

Meriadoc · 11-26-2009, 01:50 PM

thanks!

11-15-2009, 10:59 PM	#1
bruncle Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: irex 2800sg	Hi from Melbourne Australia Hi everyone, [Edit: just found this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=stylus sorry] I'm really interested in getting an e-book reader and am trying to work out what the best one would be for my needs. I'm a student and so like the idea of the I-rex DR800sg with the stylus for note-taking (at least in the future). Is that the best option or would one of the Sonys do (it seems like there are some issues with glare/annotations) or should I wait for the Que? Sorry if there's already a thread discussing this issue - I did a search and couldn't find any.

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Solicitous Wizard Posts: 1,434 Karma: 1525776 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: TAS, Australia Device: Astak Pocket Pro (Black), 2 x Kindle WiFi (Graphite), iPod Touch 4G	Welcome Bruncle. I'm interested which one you get too, as I'm at Uni and would feel a large screen ebook reader would be perfect (save printing out the hundreds of pages of notes each year). I have a 5" ereader, but unfortunately the size screen isn't suited to reading academic journals etc. Good to see another Aussie in the forums.

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bruncle Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: irex 2800sg	Solicitious that's good to know as I was considering getting a Hanvon Wisereader 526 when they're available. What do you think would be the minimum useable size for reading academic journals? Is it just due to the fact that most journal articles are pdf files?

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11-26-2009, 01:43 PM	#8
Meriadoc Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	Hi there, I am in the market for exactly the same kind of device. I am tearing through trees (and money) printing academic papers. If only I was a well funded entrepreneur, I would build the following A-paper reader. A4 and A5 models Have an interface to JSTOR, etc Could actually highlight text and then copy that text verbatim and upload to my mac (or evernote Also create a proper citation (Harvard, MLA, or whatever) and a bibliography at the same time... If I haven't already gotten a bit far ahead of myself, but if it dominated this niche market, I would want a system that could learn about other highlighted text from other readers of the same paper and then give you only the option of reading parts that other people had highlighted - that would be the ultimate time saver! - hmmm maybe I should patent that...

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Meriadoc Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	thanks!

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