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There's never going to be anything as convenient or quick as flicking through the pages of a book, but in terms of speed of navigation, Android tablets outperform ereaders by an order of magnitude. For me, there's no comparison. To be fair, I haven't even seen the Onyx other than on YouTube vids. This is where Internet purchases fail for me. Before I'd consider buying one of these, I'd want to try it with a textbook. Quote:
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I still haven't seen an eink reader that compares to Android in speed of rendering, navigation and screen refresh rate. I could perhaps live with the refresh rate if the rest of the spec was higher. I'll keep watching the new readers in the hope that someone makes something fast and reliable enough |
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Android is the operating system - it has nothing to do with the speed of rendering, which is primarily down to the screen technology. There are numerous eInk devices which run the Android operating system.
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Hmmm, ok perhaps I could have worded that better, but you took that way out of context. I meant 'compared to a reasonable spec Android tablet', which I'd mentioned more than once throughout the post. I thought it was plainly obvious I wasn't talking about the OS in isolation. The OS and software in conjunction with the hardware has everything to do with performance.
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I was thinking about standard Android tablets with an LCD or AMOLED screen. Unless they can do something with the eink technology to improve refresh rates, the rest of this debate is essentially moot for me.
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I totally understand what you're saying. Obviously for scrolling across the page of a complex PDF, a fast screen refresh speed is essential.
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To me, the new 9.7" Onyx sounds like the best bet for reading large amounts of pdf material. I personally cannot read much on an LCD screen, and I never will. I'd go back to paper.
The Onyx is open Android, so you can install a variety of pdf readers which may be substantially faster than the stock reader app. The new massive Sony device is designed for this type of work, but is an outrageous price and hard to get. I wonder what CPU it has compared to the Onyx? Ultimately I agree that reading pdfs on a 6" screen is a pain at best. |
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That said the onyx boox does tempt me, I would still call it expensive. I like what I hear abut it except stories of bricking and permanent freezes on the device. What I find reassuring is that the entire software stack is open. |
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I bought my Onyx T68 online from onyx-boox.com and they offer a 14-day return window on all their devices. You obviously have to pay the return postage if you return it simply because you don't like it, though, but that's true of all retailers, I believe.
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I guess they do not make them anymore, but this is the reason I bought my PocketBook Pro 902 mayber 5 or so years back? It is a perfect size to read scientific journal articles on and it is eInk so the batter lasts forever and you can read it on the beach. I love that old thing and it just keeps chugging alone.
I hook it to my PC and I just drag and drop my articles ! Could not be simpler. |
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