MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Got a Kindle today(Sony pocket reader replacement)

renswic · 02-20-2011, 02:10 AM

Well last Nov. my Sony ereader went missing or was stolen. And for the last couple of months I've been reading old school(paper backs) due to lack of money to buy a replacement. Last week there was a ray of hope, my parents bought all new appalinces for their kitchen and let me have to old ones to sell.

Well 1 week, 3 legit offers and 5 crazy people/scamers later they sold and my awesome wife told me "Come get your son, then go to target and get a Kindle, that will be your late Valentines Day gift."

So I snagged a wifi only Kindle(don't need/want 3g) Was home and awake long enough to throw a kindle book and a PDF book on it to test then plug it in before I headed to bed*.

So far I love it. Pages turn faster then the sony(in kindle format and PDF). I LOVE here the page turning buttons are at and being able to look up words is the bees knees.

How ever. PDFs are tricky when it comes to font size. By the looks of it the only way to make it bigger is via Aa button and there I can do 'Fit-To-Screen' 150% 200% 300% and actual size. Is there no way to increase the font size? On my sony I could make the font bigger and I wouldn't have to scroll through the page.

I know in landscape mode It is very readable but not all that holdable.

Ideas?

*No I'm not lazy by going to bed early in the afternoon. I work graveyard shifts on the weekends. Need to sleep for them at some point

Edit. I will say that I'm kinda bummed out that it came with 3.1 installed. Was hoping to add pics of my son and wife to it instead of old authors.

02-20-2011, 02:10 AM	#1
renswic Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 41520 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: 2018 PW4	Got a Kindle today(Sony pocket reader replacement) Well last Nov. my Sony ereader went missing or was stolen. And for the last couple of months I've been reading old school(paper backs) due to lack of money to buy a replacement. Last week there was a ray of hope, my parents bought all new appalinces for their kitchen and let me have to old ones to sell. Well 1 week, 3 legit offers and 5 crazy people/scamers later they sold and my awesome wife told me "Come get your son, then go to target and get a Kindle, that will be your late Valentines Day gift." So I snagged a wifi only Kindle(don't need/want 3g) Was home and awake long enough to throw a kindle book and a PDF book on it to test then plug it in before I headed to bed. So far I love it. Pages turn faster then the sony(in kindle format and PDF). I LOVE here the page turning buttons are at and being able to look up words is the bees knees. How ever. PDFs are tricky when it comes to font size. By the looks of it the only way to make it bigger is via Aa button and there I can do 'Fit-To-Screen' 150% 200% 300% and actual size. Is there no way to increase the font size? On my sony I could make the font bigger and I wouldn't have to scroll through the page. I know in landscape mode It is very readable but not all that holdable. Ideas? No I'm not lazy by going to bed early in the afternoon. I work graveyard shifts on the weekends. Need to sleep for them at some point Edit. I will say that I'm kinda bummed out that it came with 3.1 installed. Was hoping to add pics of my son and wife to it instead of old authors. Last edited by renswic; 02-20-2011 at 02:14 AM.