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shadow2501 · 11-17-2010, 03:07 AM

Hi fellow readers!

Since the best e-readers always seems to be the unreleased/cancelled ones, i'm asking some piece of advice about a "temporary" cheap model until more choice is available, especially in the 9 inches and more category.

Basically, i'll mainly use this model for one thing : load exercise books in .pdf (both OCRized and scanned pictures-only) read zoom-in to scribble down the answer, zoom-out/pan around and star over. (i used to have an Iliad doing this alright, but it met an unfortunate end)

A great bonus would be to somehow export or merge these scribbling on PC for further references.As a last resort, even the ability to open, scribble on and save pictures would be ok.

So far i narrowed down my choice to 3 models, by order of preference :

1-the Hanvon-N518

2-the Boox-60

3-the PRS-350

Supposedly, a firmware update issued around May made it possible to scribble directly on a pdf with the hanvon, but most reviews of this model were made in January and don't go into much detail about in-file notetaking abilities (with most videos on Youtube being in German, which doesn't help either.)

The Boox seems to have a decent rate of firmware upgrade, some versions even allowing screen captures, which might be helpful if the whole page can be saved at a decent resolution.

and the PRS-350, if it handles the pdf files as well as the 650 does, might be a safe value, except when it comes to exporting scribbling for PC use.

Soo, are there any kind N518, boox 60 and prs-350 owned out there that would be kind enough to confirm that these devices can do what i need them for, and what kind of format do they use to save their handwritten annotations?

Thanks in advance!

11-17-2010, 03:07 AM	#1
shadow2501 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: prs-500	scribble for cheap in Europe Hi fellow readers! Since the best e-readers always seems to be the unreleased/cancelled ones, i'm asking some piece of advice about a "temporary" cheap model until more choice is available, especially in the 9 inches and more category. Basically, i'll mainly use this model for one thing : load exercise books in .pdf (both OCRized and scanned pictures-only) read zoom-in to scribble down the answer, zoom-out/pan around and star over. (i used to have an Iliad doing this alright, but it met an unfortunate end) A great bonus would be to somehow export or merge these scribbling on PC for further references.As a last resort, even the ability to open, scribble on and save pictures would be ok. So far i narrowed down my choice to 3 models, by order of preference : 1-the Hanvon-N518 2-the Boox-60 3-the PRS-350 Supposedly, a firmware update issued around May made it possible to scribble directly on a pdf with the hanvon, but most reviews of this model were made in January and don't go into much detail about in-file notetaking abilities (with most videos on Youtube being in German, which doesn't help either.) The Boox seems to have a decent rate of firmware upgrade, some versions even allowing screen captures, which might be helpful if the whole page can be saved at a decent resolution. and the PRS-350, if it handles the pdf files as well as the 650 does, might be a safe value, except when it comes to exporting scribbling for PC use. Soo, are there any kind N518, boox 60 and prs-350 owned out there that would be kind enough to confirm that these devices can do what i need them for, and what kind of format do they use to save their handwritten annotations? Thanks in advance!