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Old 05-03-2011, 10:19 AM   #16
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Would be nice to have more portable readers - 6 inch for example - with Pearl screens though, wouldn't it?
The biggest advantage of a 9.7" screen is that you can view PDF's in almost 100% of its size.
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Old 05-03-2011, 11:35 AM   #17
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Good for you! I don't read PDFs on my mobile devices, though, so portability trumps everything. Diff'rent strokes and all, you know how it is.
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They don't mention higher resolution ? What about iRiver HD ?
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Old 05-03-2011, 04:11 PM   #19
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The biggest advantage of a 9.7" screen is that you can view PDF's in almost 100% of its size.
Yes, I have an iRex DR800 for that, but I would like something smaller for epub and casual reading. On the two occasions I have bought used Sony's for that purpose they have been filtched by my wife and my son respectively. I wonder why Onyx has discontinued it's smaller reader and whether there are any plans for anything in a smaller format?
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The biggest advantage of a 9.7" screen is that you can view PDF's in almost 100% of its size.
And your Lord of the Rings slash fiction.
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Does that come pre-loaded?
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...On the two occasions I have bought used Sony's for that purpose they have been filtched by my wife and my son respectively. ...
That is actually why I bought a second reader. My wife kept stealing mine. I was happy to have a good reason to buy another

As for no successor, I'm fine with that. I'm going to need another year to convert my dad and bro to ereaders anyway...
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Old 05-04-2011, 10:15 PM   #24
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I wonder why Onyx has discontinued it's smaller reader and whether there are any plans for anything in a smaller format?
Onyx did not discontinue the smaller readers. On the contrary. In Russia, you can now buy 6" Onyx readers with Pearl screens. Why only in Russia? Allegedly, because distributors in other countries (including Onyx Europe) showed no interest in these models. I don't understand this...

Perhaps Onyx Europe can explain this lack of interest to us.
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Old 05-05-2011, 06:28 PM   #25
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The biggest advantage of a 9.7" screen is that you can view PDF's in almost 100% of its size.
No, you can't. I have both a KDX and an iPad, and standard full sized PDFs are not readable on either.

8.5"x11" is equal to 13.9" diagonal. You really need a device with at least 11.5" or 12" screen and sufficient resolution to be able to read PDFs comfortably.

I wish someone made one.
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Someone posted somewhere that after upgrading to 3.1 Kindle Firmware "page turns" were quicker. I haven't noticed this, but I am of course interested in increasing speed. Also it might be coincidental but has anyone else noticed that the page turning of the Kindle 3 is slowed down at freezing temperatures?
Vizplex also slowed down at freezing temperatures. So Pearl doing the same is no surprise. This is not Kindle specific. It's due to the screen. My old 505 slowed down in freezing temps.
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it makes sense as they are just now getting around to releasing Pearl to the other brands that are not Sony or Amazon. So basically it is still an upgrade to the rest of the ereader world.

My money says their money is all on color ASAP, as in next year. Right now the EPD brands like Eink have to be concerned about the foothold that LCD is gaining into what they had as an near exclusive market. Plus there is the big weakness on Eink's EPD tech in the reading in the dark.
Every try reading on an iPad in direct sunlight. Not so good.
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it makes sense as they are just now getting around to releasing Pearl to the other brands that are not Sony or Amazon. So basically it is still an upgrade to the rest of the ereader world.

My money says their money is all on color ASAP, as in next year. Right now the EPD brands like Eink have to be concerned about the foothold that LCD is gaining into what they had as an near exclusive market. Plus there is the big weakness on Eink's EPD tech in the reading in the dark.
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No, you can't. I have both a KDX and an iPad, and standard full sized PDFs are not readable on either.

8.5"x11" is equal to 13.9" diagonal. You really need a device with at least 11.5" or 12" screen and sufficient resolution to be able to read PDFs comfortably.

I wish someone made one.
True, but the actual area of text on many PDFs based on Letter- or A4-sizes is considerably smaller, though still often over 10" diag. A device with a more capable processor which can crop PDFs on-the-fly would help a lot in removing margins that only make sense for a printed page.
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The Kindle DX is woefully inadequate at displaying PDFs. PocketBook and Onyx do a much better job of it. Most PDFS made for "letter" sized display show just fine on the PB 902.

Wit the zoom and reflow options they are also mostly adequately displayed on either companies 6 inch models. EVERY pdf? no because some pdfs just dont display well unless you have a much larger display or print them.

I havent personally spent any time with a iPad and PDFs to judge but I have seen users say its PDF support is just fine.
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