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brecklundin · 08-21-2010, 03:10 AM

cool, the I would look at the Kindle DX Graphite as an option. Really, I think it's the only large format device, >=9", save for the iPad, that is out there with good PDF handling.

I think your expectations are reasonable for now...but know it is, well, different, trying to read technical works on an ereader. I am not saying it's bad really, one that it is very different than paper. But it sure would be nice if you had to otherwise carry a stack of papers with you.

I do seem to recall the DXG has some short comings in the search area for PDF's...maybe read in the Kindle forum here.

I think the price of the DXG is really attractive right now....and other companies have been promising larger format readers for a while now. But nothing seems to me showing up. Honestly I like the potential of the Entourage Edge but have not kept up on how it's working out. The trade off there is obviously size and weight. But you gain Android OS and dual panels, one LCD and one Eink brand panel. But as I recall the version of Android is an older one which might make some things impossible and there might be no way to upgrade the OS on the device...something I came to learn to watch for thanks to the POS Nokia N800 I have and loathe on most days after they broke a the camera with an OS update that could not be undone...sigh...

I seem to recall that people like the Opus as a PDF device but I don't think they have a large format reader yet...but their touch screen/pen is supposed to be pretty neat. If Dulin's Books finds this thread he should be a lot of help. Same for HarryT.

08-21-2010, 03:10 AM	#6
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	cool, the I would look at the Kindle DX Graphite as an option. Really, I think it's the only large format device, >=9", save for the iPad, that is out there with good PDF handling. I think your expectations are reasonable for now...but know it is, well, different, trying to read technical works on an ereader. I am not saying it's bad really, one that it is very different than paper. But it sure would be nice if you had to otherwise carry a stack of papers with you. I do seem to recall the DXG has some short comings in the search area for PDF's...maybe read in the Kindle forum here. I think the price of the DXG is really attractive right now....and other companies have been promising larger format readers for a while now. But nothing seems to me showing up. Honestly I like the potential of the Entourage Edge but have not kept up on how it's working out. The trade off there is obviously size and weight. But you gain Android OS and dual panels, one LCD and one Eink brand panel. But as I recall the version of Android is an older one which might make some things impossible and there might be no way to upgrade the OS on the device...something I came to learn to watch for thanks to the POS Nokia N800 I have and loathe on most days after they broke a the camera with an OS update that could not be undone...sigh... I seem to recall that people like the Opus as a PDF device but I don't think they have a large format reader yet...but their touch screen/pen is supposed to be pretty neat. If Dulin's Books finds this thread he should be a lot of help. Same for HarryT.