08-10-2009, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Few questions on K2 vs DX...
I purchase most all my technical ebooks from O'Reilly ebooks. How do the O'Reilly books look in the mobi format that they distribute in? Has anyone loaded their PDFs on a DX? How do they compare: Mobi vs PDF? K2 vs DX?
Second, I read/reference alot of google's API docs, are they viewable/usable in the kindle's browser? Is it free or do I need to pay per MB? Is there a difference between the K2 and DX browsers? Finally, are technical books readable on the K2, screen size wise? Or is the DX really the way most people go for technical documentation? I have tried looking for answer to these questions and haven't really found definitive answers, and I know it's ultimately my call, but instead of buying both and testing both out I figured I could ask general opinions here |
08-10-2009, 11:21 PM | #2 | |
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I use the web browser all the time. Today, I used it to pull up a map on google maps. However, if you buy the Kindle for its web browser you will be sorely disappointed. It is slow, uses a small screen (my Kindle2 screen), and doesn't support all web technologies. As a bonus feature it is a pleasant surprise, but as an everyday web browser you would be disappointed. Today, it is free to use. However, the promise from Amazon is limited to only a few features, such as free wikipedia. Therefore, don't assume that it will always be free. OR, Amazon might choose to restrict access at some future time. |
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Resize your web browser window to 90x120mm (the size of the K2's screen) and see how it looks.
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08-11-2009, 03:26 PM | #5 |
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True, but I'm also concerned with how it renders the HTML/JS/etc, as each browser seems to render these standards different, but i'll try that as well tomorrow. thanks for the suggestions guys.
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08-12-2009, 01:41 PM | #6 |
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I read tech books all the time in pdf. I have no K2 but Sony 505. On DX, pdf is very cool on DX compares to Sony 505.
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08-12-2009, 05:05 PM | #7 |
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If you are planning to buy DX to read mostly PDFs - don't, you'll be disappointed.
As eBook reader, DX is fine. |
08-12-2009, 11:48 PM | #8 |
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If you're planning to read A4 size PDFs without taking notes or searching then you won't be disappointed. I have lots of technical books on DX, it's great reading experience. I also have Sony 505 and 700, have had iLiad v2 and, in my opinion, DX is a good device for PDFs. It's not iLiad (had zoom, notes, etc.) but it's not bad at all.
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08-12-2009, 11:54 PM | #9 |
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I do exactly this and I find DX unusable most of the time - fonts are too light, I get a headache after 10-15 minutes of such reading.
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08-13-2009, 07:39 PM | #10 |
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I'd wait and see what else comes out in large screen over the next month or two. The DX can be used to read a PDF in a pinch, but overall it is inadequate.
I personally would not get it if PDFs are important. In fact, I'll get rid of both my Kindles the moment the new large screens become available from other vendors, provided PDF implementation is decent (and there is no reason to think it would not be.) |
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Some pdf's contains pictures of text, but no actual text. These images are scans of individual book/article pages. You will find that many academic journal articles are in this format. Other pdf's do contain text. With these pdf's you get several aditional features. for example, you can search for specific text in the pdf or you may be able to change the font size to make it easier to read. Now, on to my guess. I wonder if there is a difference in how these two are rendered on the screen. I could 'make-up' an argument for one or the other being better. Depending on what the DX does and the source material it could be the text format or the image format that is better. However, I do suspect that these differences are at the heart of the two different opinions. |
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08-14-2009, 06:00 PM | #13 |
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All of the text PDF files I've loaded are fine but the PDFs made up of scanned images are hit or miss. For those I almost always have to turn the DX sideways in order to read the document. I also find that technical material almost always needs to read with the DX sideways.
The text PDFs are searchable from within the PDF but of course the scanned image ones are not. No markup or annotation makes the PDF function limited but I don't need that very often. |
08-15-2009, 12:15 AM | #14 | |
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As I said earlier I could argue it either way. I was just suggesting there was a difference, not what the difference was. |
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