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grommit · 10-21-2007, 01:58 AM

My N800 mucks up .pdf's and is way to slow too load big ones. I'm sure you could jump through all the hoops to get a file formatted specifically for the device, but I'd love to just find a .pdf on the web and read it directly without all the rigamarole.

I also tried a tc1000 tablet, but with battery in, it weighs way too much and gets very hot.

As long as I'm listing them....

I tried a Librie, but can't really read .pdf's on a single page. I didn't get a Sony 500 because it didn't improve much.

I actually tried using a Westinghouse 800x600 digital photo frame, which weighs next to nothing and has slots for every flash card imaginable, but the page-to-page image transitions limit the usability. A firmware rewrite to make it less photo centric might help. (It wants to do a clever dissolve for every image change, and deliberately stretches it out several seconds.)

I've also tried and failed with a Viewsonic 1100 tablet, a DT375 pad (mangles .pdf's and the WinCE reader will not be updated beyond the built-in version.) I'm staring at one that locked-up just reading a .pdf right now.

10-21-2007, 01:58 AM	#38
grommit Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: linrie	My N800 mucks up .pdf's and is way to slow too load big ones. I'm sure you could jump through all the hoops to get a file formatted specifically for the device, but I'd love to just find a .pdf on the web and read it directly without all the rigamarole. I also tried a tc1000 tablet, but with battery in, it weighs way too much and gets very hot. As long as I'm listing them.... I tried a Librie, but can't really read .pdf's on a single page. I didn't get a Sony 500 because it didn't improve much. I actually tried using a Westinghouse 800x600 digital photo frame, which weighs next to nothing and has slots for every flash card imaginable, but the page-to-page image transitions limit the usability. A firmware rewrite to make it less photo centric might help. (It wants to do a clever dissolve for every image change, and deliberately stretches it out several seconds.) I've also tried and failed with a Viewsonic 1100 tablet, a DT375 pad (mangles .pdf's and the WinCE reader will not be updated beyond the built-in version.) I'm staring at one that locked-up just reading a .pdf right now.