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Originally Posted by darknessangel
*jawdrop* That's quite a collection. So, I have a comparisson question. Like emai7s2 I want a reader for scientific/reference ebooks... that means tables, graphs, figures. In your experience with direct comparisson.... which one is the best, the new Kindle Graphite or the iPad... OR... should I better wait for other readers later this year?
GJMS
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Although I just got my Kindle DX Graphite, I wouldn't recommend any Kindle for your needs.
The zoom of Kindle for PDFs isn't the worst in the market. But it's very limited. Other readers offer a bigger variety of zooming options: Zoom to width, zoom to height, zoom by X%, ....
And what I really prefer for your needs. Zooming freely. Meaning: Mark any area of the document and explode to full screen. You need a touchscreen for this of course.
So I'd recommend iRex 800 or BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox (same hardware, different but exchangeable firmware) for your task.
iPad is a tough one. Personally, I don't read much on it. For me, it's for surfing, checking emails, online banking and all those web related tasks.
And I read magazines on it.
For books it's fine, but I still prefer ePaper. Not so much because of the contrast, but mainly because of the battery and the weight.
When surfing the web and doing my other stuff, battery of iPad runs dry in less than 8 hours. That's way too little for a business trip of 2 or 3 days. So I still use one of my ePaper readers for reading and iPad for the rest.
And personally (but that's just a matter of taste) I prefer the WACOM tablet readers (iRex 800, BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox, ...) and their stylus for marking text, adding comments and things like that. Doing the same with my finger on iPad seems a bit ridiculous to me. And I don't like the styli for iPad.