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octopus · 02-21-2011, 07:00 AM

Hallo zusammen, as they say in the German part. I just wanted to post a quick note of my experience with the 902 I got for Christmas, as there seems to be many people with more or less the same demands as I have.

I am a mathematician, and wanted to use the device primarily for reading books (including scanned ones) in PDF and DJVU format. I just read, I do not use the browser, or wifi at all, and I haven't even used the device for proper ebooks (epub etc). I cannot compare with other devices as I haven't owned any. With those qualifications: I am very happy with my 902. The books I have used so far are opened and navigated reasonably quickly and the contrast is fine. I have also started to use the device for reading papers (PDF), instead of printing. The positive attitude towards open source was an added plus that I didn't know about beforehand, and which I hope will be continued and perhaps pushed further. It is easy to create a wishlist, and on top of mine is more fine grained navigation within a page (I'd like to pan a few cm around to fine tune the view..).

That's all! (Oh, and maybe I should add that the two-column style is not so common in maths, so I have nothing to say about that.)

02-21-2011, 07:00 AM	#1
octopus Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: PB902	902 quick feedback Hallo zusammen, as they say in the German part. I just wanted to post a quick note of my experience with the 902 I got for Christmas, as there seems to be many people with more or less the same demands as I have. I am a mathematician, and wanted to use the device primarily for reading books (including scanned ones) in PDF and DJVU format. I just read, I do not use the browser, or wifi at all, and I haven't even used the device for proper ebooks (epub etc). I cannot compare with other devices as I haven't owned any. With those qualifications: I am very happy with my 902. The books I have used so far are opened and navigated reasonably quickly and the contrast is fine. I have also started to use the device for reading papers (PDF), instead of printing. The positive attitude towards open source was an added plus that I didn't know about beforehand, and which I hope will be continued and perhaps pushed further. It is easy to create a wishlist, and on top of mine is more fine grained navigation within a page (I'd like to pan a few cm around to fine tune the view..). That's all! (Oh, and maybe I should add that the two-column style is not so common in maths, so I have nothing to say about that.)