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Originally Posted by rammbam
Mgmueller,thank u very much.Ur answers were quite sufficient,but in Question 3 u say
u wouldnt reccomend kindles for pdfs.So what other large device might be better?
I dont consider ipad at all,and i know u would reccomend Irex probably,but its too hard
for me to get one.
Btw...In web browsing im not looking for fun,just for being able to read text.And vbulletin
forums are very important for me.When u have time it ll be nice if u provide a picture.
And the last question about Kindle DXG is: Can i connect the kindle to my Pc and transfer any of my pdf books to it without any problem?
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I wouldn't recommend any Kindle for PDFs, as their capabilities simply are too limited.
Personally, I'm using the "free zoom" most of the time on PDFs. And yes, iRex would have been my recommendation.
But actually, personally I'd prefer any "flexible" 6" reader over Kindle DX for PDFs. For my usage pattern, touchscreen units are best (marking the area of interest, i. e. formula/graph/column/..., with stylus and exploding to full screen).
In addition to iRex, my best recommendation would be BeBook Neo/Onyx Boox. You can do a simulation on your PC, whether 6" is enough for you.
You can connect any Kindle to your PC via USB. Then you can drag and drop your files onto it without any problems.
Of course Kindles only have a limited range of file formats they accept natively: AZW (Amazon's modification of Mobipocket), PRC/MOBI (DRM-free Mobipocket respectively DRMed and modified Mobipocket), TPZ (Amazon's proprietary file format, kind of scanned images = about 5% to 10% of Amazon's library) and DRM-free PDFs. No EPUB though. So you're very much bound to the Amazon bookstore (which is okay to me, as their number of available titles is huge and their prices usually are lowest), few 3rd party bookstores and your own sources for DRM-free titles.
DRM-free titles easily can be converted, for example via "calibre", which has its own sub-forum on this site.
BTW: "DRM" = Digital Rights Management = copy protection, usually bound to the serial number of your reader. If you need to, you easily can use some scripts on your PC to strip the files from DRM and convert or modify them.