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Thanks for the questions Bob. Yes, the WG is pretty darn good with PDF's, though for the larger A4-format, they're best viewed in landscape mode, though it's really crisp. Some books I have from Syngress (the paper-edition came with a an eBook version) looks great and is easisly readable in portait-mode. While I haven't loaded any HTML on it yet, I'll give this a whirl tomorrow and test it out along with some CHM's as well.
The bad thing about the WG is that Panasonic really locked it down in many aspects:
1. You have to use their PDF convertor to get PDFs on the device. From what I can tell, it doesn't change, resize, or do anything to the PDF except create a directory structure on the SD card for keeping track of cover photo, history, and bookmarks. While the FAQ for the PDF convertor says you cannot back up the conversion software, I proved this wrong and made/tested an a copy myself.
2. Getting video on this device is another story altogether, I still haven't been able to find the right conversion format that it accepts. This is too bad, since the screen is a pretty good size for a PMP. Perhaps some Japanese speaker on the forum can find what specs this thing wants. I've tries ASF in an MP4 wrapper, but I'm sure there's a bit more I need to get it to work.
3. Everything pertaining to getting content onto the device is tied to thier "My Bookcase" software, which has a link to their bookstore similar to Connect. When you put a book on the device it literally moves it off your bookshelf and onto the device. When you're done with it, you need to move it back using the software. This tries to inherently make it impossible to have more than one copy of the book floating around among your devices.
Lastly, while the scrolling mechanism is pretty cool and easy to use, I wish the device was smart enough to see what was on the screen and scroll appropriately; i.e., not just 5 lines at a time, it's a bit annoying to have to scroll so much. The quality of the image is the excellent, so no compaints there.
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