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bogdaniosif · 12-29-2010, 06:06 PM

The PocketBook people are purposefully dead silent on this PDF annotations issue. The 903 manuals on their site are only in Russian and Google Translate got me nowhere in understanding much more from them.

However, they would've been bragging to high heavens for sure if PDF annotations were on the table. So you can bet that all this silence and the hints from the demos posted in September on Youtube equals no PDF annotations on either 902 or 903.

Maybe a hacked PB 903 firmware will bring PDF annotations but that will take many months to appear out of the blue and only if a better device doesn't pop out in the mean time. Also, the 903 hardware may be underpowered to handle PDF annotations. After all, the CPU on the 903 is crap.

I recommend at this point to just ignore the 903 but also hold out of buying the 902 for a while. At least until we can see some good reviews on Youtube that cover its functions. It's rather strange that even though the 902 is supposed to have been shipping for about a month, nobody looking like an independent posted video reviews on Youtube that cover the device's functionality. All that you can find are some useless ad-style clips, most in Russian, most showing close to nothing about the system software running on the 902.

Also, keep in mind that there is a very good chance that the Hanlin V90 will be better than both these Pocketbook devices. It is now announced for next month and it will be heavily OEMed which raises the chance that maybe one manufacturer will create a firmware with a PDF reader capable of capturing PDF annotations.

So just wait and do not buy Pocketbook now if you can't afford to regret it in the spring.

12-29-2010, 06:06 PM	#27
bogdaniosif Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: PocketBook 90x OR iPad	The PocketBook people are purposefully dead silent on this PDF annotations issue. The 903 manuals on their site are only in Russian and Google Translate got me nowhere in understanding much more from them. However, they would've been bragging to high heavens for sure if PDF annotations were on the table. So you can bet that all this silence and the hints from the demos posted in September on Youtube equals no PDF annotations on either 902 or 903. Maybe a hacked PB 903 firmware will bring PDF annotations but that will take many months to appear out of the blue and only if a better device doesn't pop out in the mean time. Also, the 903 hardware may be underpowered to handle PDF annotations. After all, the CPU on the 903 is crap. I recommend at this point to just ignore the 903 but also hold out of buying the 902 for a while. At least until we can see some good reviews on Youtube that cover its functions. It's rather strange that even though the 902 is supposed to have been shipping for about a month, nobody looking like an independent posted video reviews on Youtube that cover the device's functionality. All that you can find are some useless ad-style clips, most in Russian, most showing close to nothing about the system software running on the 902. Also, keep in mind that there is a very good chance that the Hanlin V90 will be better than both these Pocketbook devices. It is now announced for next month and it will be heavily OEMed which raises the chance that maybe one manufacturer will create a firmware with a PDF reader capable of capturing PDF annotations. So just wait and do not buy Pocketbook now if you can't afford to regret it in the spring.