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satanicoPlan · 12-09-2007, 06:54 AM

Hi all!

I'm willing to enter the marvelous world of e-reading but of course, I'm plenty of doubts, questions and misunderstood concepts.

Here go some of them, about the Sony Reader PRS-505.

When reading a PDF:
- Is there any zoom button?
- Does the reader fit the page to the screen?
- If not, can I scroll the page?

I want to use the reader for reading technical books about programming such as this:

http://www.hibernate.org/elqNow/elqR..._reference.pdf

Could anybody tell me whether is it readable (in landscape)? A picture would be very helpful

I don't mind if it's necessary to convert the PDFs to another format. I'm only trying to find out if I'll be able to read them or not.

I have a Palm TX - which a smaller screen, about 4" - and I can read PDFs decently thanks to scrolling. Would be better with the 6" screen the Sony reader has?

These are the so simple questions that will decide if I buy it or not...

Thank you all!

12-09-2007, 06:54 AM	#1
satanicoPlan Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Iliad	Some questions from a doubtful buyer Hi all! I'm willing to enter the marvelous world of e-reading but of course, I'm plenty of doubts, questions and misunderstood concepts. Here go some of them, about the Sony Reader PRS-505. When reading a PDF: - Is there any zoom button? - Does the reader fit the page to the screen? - If not, can I scroll the page? I want to use the reader for reading technical books about programming such as this: http://www.hibernate.org/elqNow/elqR..._reference.pdf Could anybody tell me whether is it readable (in landscape)? A picture would be very helpful I don't mind if it's necessary to convert the PDFs to another format. I'm only trying to find out if I'll be able to read them or not. I have a Palm TX - which a smaller screen, about 4" - and I can read PDFs decently thanks to scrolling. Would be better with the 6" screen the Sony reader has? These are the so simple questions that will decide if I buy it or not... Thank you all!