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fekhner · 10-06-2010, 06:37 PM

Hi everybody,

I have been hanging around here for some time trying to buy the right e-reader for me and would like to share my experience so far. Most probably, it will remind you of what you were experiencing a couple of years ago.

First of all, thanks so much for all the help and work already done, amazing, this forum is unbelievable!

My reading needs are mostly professional: pdf papers and books, djvu books, organized on an apple laptop in bibdesk for the papers and calibre for the books; bibdesk because it allows you to organize the papers and interacts well with aquamacs, calibre in the beginning only in order to organize books.

From my hardware I was more or less destined to go for an ipad, but somehow the commercial side of it and the impression that you do not really get full access to the device prevented me from doing so. In the end I got a DR1000 from an auction on ebay germany, it is of course a gamble, an "old" device from a company that no longer exists with a prize similar to an ipad ...in any case, what clinched it for me was the screen of course, but also the djvu plugin, thanks so much luite!

Then there is the great post of Grimulkan on the hardware, so I ordered a Kingston card and realized that I do have unused motorola razr chargers both for the car, wall and additional usb ones.

The device came last week with FW2.0-rc3 already on it. So I put Xournal, thanks Mackx! and also for the patch that I played with a little, I guess it is the only way to re-shuffle the files on the device, just doing it from the computer won't work ?

I also put the libs from Iñigo and tried Fbreader and also fb2 from yesterdays posts, but both somehow freeze when I try to open a chm file ... I guess I still have some reading to do, thanks anyway and please do not forget the DR1000 when you develop for the DR800

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Finally calibre does not seem to be able to export djvu or chm to the DR1000, the plugin does not seem to be aware of the great work all of you have done. I have opened a ticket for djvu with calibre, but maybe some of the more qualified people here should do that because they will know better what other types of books also work.

Any other suggestions or tips for programs to put, the optimal configuraton etc is of course most welcome! Thanks to all earlier hardcore developers Adam, Gertjan and all those I forget ...

The next post will be at most two lines long, it is a promise!

10-06-2010, 06:37 PM	#1
fekhner Addict Posts: 326 Karma: 6908 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: DRs, EE, ipad/iphone, Helix	First impressions from a late newcomer Hi everybody, I have been hanging around here for some time trying to buy the right e-reader for me and would like to share my experience so far. Most probably, it will remind you of what you were experiencing a couple of years ago. First of all, thanks so much for all the help and work already done, amazing, this forum is unbelievable! My reading needs are mostly professional: pdf papers and books, djvu books, organized on an apple laptop in bibdesk for the papers and calibre for the books; bibdesk because it allows you to organize the papers and interacts well with aquamacs, calibre in the beginning only in order to organize books. From my hardware I was more or less destined to go for an ipad, but somehow the commercial side of it and the impression that you do not really get full access to the device prevented me from doing so. In the end I got a DR1000 from an auction on ebay germany, it is of course a gamble, an "old" device from a company that no longer exists with a prize similar to an ipad ...in any case, what clinched it for me was the screen of course, but also the djvu plugin, thanks so much luite! Then there is the great post of Grimulkan on the hardware, so I ordered a Kingston card and realized that I do have unused motorola razr chargers both for the car, wall and additional usb ones. The device came last week with FW2.0-rc3 already on it. So I put Xournal, thanks Mackx! and also for the patch that I played with a little, I guess it is the only way to re-shuffle the files on the device, just doing it from the computer won't work ? I also put the libs from Iñigo and tried Fbreader and also fb2 from yesterdays posts, but both somehow freeze when I try to open a chm file ... I guess I still have some reading to do, thanks anyway and please do not forget the DR1000 when you develop for the DR800 . Finally calibre does not seem to be able to export djvu or chm to the DR1000, the plugin does not seem to be aware of the great work all of you have done. I have opened a ticket for djvu with calibre, but maybe some of the more qualified people here should do that because they will know better what other types of books also work. Any other suggestions or tips for programs to put, the optimal configuraton etc is of course most welcome! Thanks to all earlier hardcore developers Adam, Gertjan and all those I forget ... The next post will be at most two lines long, it is a promise!