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jocampo · 02-16-2011, 02:57 PM

My experience (I do read technical books mainly and some PDFs)

Kindle 3
Too small for PDFs, but you'll have the ability to search inside the document, zoom and landscape. I like it for pure text books or novels, but I don't use it for PDF documents, it is too small for my taste.

Nook Color
A bit bigger than Kindle 3 and heavier. Easier to move around and zoom, but does not remember or save your last page, really annoying. It is faster turning pages thank Kindle 3

Kindle DXG
Perfect size, in my opinion. If you need to enlarge, you can use landscape mode and if still too small, you can zoom. You can do bookmarks but Kindle DXG firmware is not as recent as Kindle 3 so you will notice that is slower than Kindle 3 and lacks of some features. But to read PDFs is a very nice alternative.

iPAD
I just bought one last weekend and still testing. LOVE THE PDF SUPPORT! For 3 bucks you buy a program called Goodreader and that stuff is just amazing. You can make annotations, you will have TOC, highlights, underline, you name it. It also re-flows and extremely fast turning pages.

Kindle 3 is about $140, Kindle DXG is $400 I think, Nook Color $250 and iPad is about $500.

If you're in a budget, you can get the Kindle 3, but be aware of the size limitation. Kindle DXG has the perfect size, but I wish the firmware would be a most recent one in order to support the features we have on Kindle 3

The best of the best for PDF support I think is iPad or Sony, but you will have to spend some serious money on it.

02-16-2011, 02:57 PM	#3
jocampo Layback feline Posts: 3,034 Karma: 6980745 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: USA Device: Oasis 2nd gen, Sony DPTS1, iPad Pro 10.5"	My experience (I do read technical books mainly and some PDFs) Kindle 3 Too small for PDFs, but you'll have the ability to search inside the document, zoom and landscape. I like it for pure text books or novels, but I don't use it for PDF documents, it is too small for my taste. Nook Color A bit bigger than Kindle 3 and heavier. Easier to move around and zoom, but does not remember or save your last page, really annoying. It is faster turning pages thank Kindle 3 Kindle DXG Perfect size, in my opinion. If you need to enlarge, you can use landscape mode and if still too small, you can zoom. You can do bookmarks but Kindle DXG firmware is not as recent as Kindle 3 so you will notice that is slower than Kindle 3 and lacks of some features. But to read PDFs is a very nice alternative. iPAD I just bought one last weekend and still testing. LOVE THE PDF SUPPORT! For 3 bucks you buy a program called Goodreader and that stuff is just amazing. You can make annotations, you will have TOC, highlights, underline, you name it. It also re-flows and extremely fast turning pages. Kindle 3 is about $140, Kindle DXG is $400 I think, Nook Color $250 and iPad is about $500. If you're in a budget, you can get the Kindle 3, but be aware of the size limitation. Kindle DXG has the perfect size, but I wish the firmware would be a most recent one in order to support the features we have on Kindle 3 The best of the best for PDF support I think is iPad or Sony, but you will have to spend some serious money on it. Last edited by jocampo; 02-16-2011 at 03:38 PM.