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Old 12-30-2007, 01:25 AM   #1
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before buying an Iliad
I’m thinking seriously to buy an Iliad. But before buying it, I want to make sure it does what I need it to do. I am a scholar and I plan to use it for reading, highlighting portions of text and taking notes on the margins, and then reviewing these markups. So here are my questions:

1. Can you put pdf and html files on it directly, i.e., copy-paste or drag-and-drop?

2. Can you put whole folders on it? Is there a way to access a multi-level folder on the Iliad? If I use programs like Offline Explorer to download whole websites, can put them on the Iliad and read them? If so, how well? Do hyperlinks work?

3. I would very much like to be able to use the Iliad to browse the Internet, particularly Wikipedia and other free encyclopedias. How well can the Iliad do that? Some screenshots would help.

I currently use an EBW-1150 but preparing the imp files is cumbersome. Also, the screen is quite small. I would stretch and buy an Iliad if it performs well on the tasks above. Everyone’s opinion would help, but I am eager to find out the opinion of people who use it for study – scholars maybe?.
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