07-03-2010, 09:04 PM | #1 |
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A few questions before I buy the new DX
I'm nearly ready to buy the new Kindle DX, but:
I have a lot of academic articles in PDF form, and I was wondering if it is possible to download PDFs over the 3G using the Kindle Browser. I'd like to be able to access my web-server with the PDFs to download a few, should I need a specific article. Is it possible either out-of-the-box or does it require a hack? Also, is there something special that needs be done to a font before it can go onto the Kindle via the font hack? I'd like to be able to use my favorite book/academic typeface. Thanks in advance. |
07-03-2010, 09:26 PM | #2 | |
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07-03-2010, 10:20 PM | #3 |
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07-03-2010, 10:22 PM | #4 |
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07-04-2010, 01:02 AM | #5 |
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Screen shots of the K2 (2.5.2) doing PDF. Looks pretty decent to me and I'd assume the DX with it's larger screen would do even better...
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88498 |
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07-04-2010, 03:45 AM | #6 |
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Unfortunately, though, the PDF viewer of the Kindle is still somewhat limited. No hyperlinks, no table of contents, no annotation, no dictionary lookup.
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07-04-2010, 10:48 AM | #7 | |
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The only official way to get PDFs on there wirelessly is to use the Kindle email address (for which there's a small charge). So maybe you could add something to your web server so that it could mail the PDFs to the Kindle. |
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07-04-2010, 11:55 AM | #8 |
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I find that the PDF's on the DX look good and are easy to read.
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07-05-2010, 09:40 AM | #9 |
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I've found that too, but it might be not enough for some people.
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07-05-2010, 10:41 AM | #10 |
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07-05-2010, 10:50 AM | #11 |
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07-05-2010, 10:51 AM | #12 |
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I don't download pdf directly to my kindle which is nice.
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07-05-2010, 11:42 AM | #13 |
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Pdf and kindle not made for each other ..
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07-05-2010, 01:17 PM | #14 |
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07-05-2010, 04:53 PM | #15 |
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my HD-video of the kindle pdf test
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88853 pdfs would look nicely on the dx(my friend has a dx coming in a few days, will do the same) |
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