Thread: Acer Iconia Tab A500
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Old 05-02-2011, 08:31 AM   #53
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Originally Posted by bobcdy View Post
raven312,
Already returned my A500; the killer problem was its difficulty with pdf files. My main use would have been reading google books and using GB files to proof my epub creations away from the computer. Unfortunately the A500 did not work well with GB pdf files - probably each pdf page was too big (GB scans at 600 dpi that is unusual for scans). I probably could have printed to pdf the files to produce a smaller file size with each page at 300 or less dpi, but I decided to wait for a tablet that would work well with the GB files without any workarounds. After all my sony 950 works well with the files (but the screen is too small to be convenient - a 10" screen would be much better).

Other than that problem the A500 seemed fine for most other purposes.
It seems a bit nonsense have some saved at 600 dpi when screen is only capable of, for example, 150... The only reason is to be able to zoom in. I print all my PDF at 150 DPI and they can ve viewed without problem in my iPAD and Iconia, the the size can be about 50 - 500 MB...
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