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One thing that wasn't mentioned is the JBL currently has fewer supported formats than the JB.
Also I would have to say that the jetbook will read PDF's created from scans of magazine pages. As most magazines and news papers place their articles in columns I have found that you can zoom in (in steps of course as it is not step-less) until the column almost fills the screen and then just scroll down until you reach the bottom then move over and scroll up to the top to start the next column etc. If the column doesn't look good in portrait then rotate to landscape and adjust and view. When you want to switch to the nexty page you hit the page button.
I agree with the others about the hassel of doing this and really the next best alternative would be to use your larger PC sceeen. But for view a PDF on a small screen the option of having "Text Flow on/off" is great. Yeah it dosen't work with these scans but then again it will with other PDF's.
One more thing (going on my memory here) If you use the jbL and use the quad-screen or 9-segment screen you cannot advance to the next page until you revert back to normal viewing. It you zoom you can pan around the screen and keep the zoom the way it is then when ready just hit the page advance button or the slider and it will take you to the top left cornner of the next page. Then if your scanning was consistent you could resume your reading without making adjustments. Sounds like a fair compromise to me.
John
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