Thread: Reasons why NOT to exchange Sony PRS-650 for a Kindle
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Old 11-13-2010, 01:03 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by capslock View Post
One reason why I avoided getting a Kindle, moreover, was because I heard you have to pay some amount to upload PDFs to it. Given that I'll primarily be using it to display PDFs that I upload to it (mainly math, technical pdfs), I wouldn't want to pay to upload some 300+ pdfs. But when I asked the person with the Kindle about this, he said he never had to pay anything to do this. So is this something that just applied to older models or something?
If you upload ebooks to the Kindle using Whispernet (e-mail it to Amazon, Amazon sends it via wireless to the Kindle) then Amazon charges per MB. However, with the Kindle 3 you can specify WiFi download and this is free. On all Kindles, you can side-load via USB without involving Amazon at all.

The Sony and Kindle handles PDFs differently. Sony will "reflow" (convert to text and images) PDFs on a page by page basis. The Kindles don't do this, you always deal with a page as it would appear if printed (margins may be cropped). If a PDF is suitable for reflow, you can convert it to MOBI for the Kindle using either Calibre or by e-mail to Amazon (free if returned via e-mail or WiFi). Most technical PDFs won't reflow well, and you may be better off with the larger screen of the Kindle DX.
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