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Originally Posted by Cypriobrit
Which would you buy?
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(Kindle DX or Asus)
Only if you read your papers sequentially, without too much jumping from one page to another, these are the right devices for you. If you don't, I would suggest trying something with an LCD screen. If you don't like backlit LCD screen, I suppose the only option at the moment is the Asus eeeNote EA800, which has a non-backlit 8" LCD.
I have bought my DR-900 for scientific papers as well as for literature, but I have found it more suitable for the latter. In combination with pdfcrop (for Linux), which I use to remove white margins from pdf documents before loading them on the DR-900, it makes a very good tool for reading. (It would be much nicer, though, if the device had this functionality onboard... Asus, wake up!)
I can't comment about the DX, which I don't have used personally, except to say that in my view it's too large to be easily brought with you in a bag. The Asus, with its touchscreen interface, is noticeably smaller (and forces you to use a virtual keyboard, of course, but for reading you don't need it). In previous posts, I already wrote about the limitations of the current version of the DR-900's firmware, which are pretty strong (although mostly affect "secondary" functions like web browsing). That said, I didn't even consider the Kindle because I don't like a device that has the built-in possibility for the vendor to spy -and possibly mess with- the files that I choose to load on it. On a more pragmatic note, the Kindle lacks some very useful features, like the microSD slot.
I hope these notes have been useful.