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Originally Posted by ProfJulie
Adobe makes a free PDF reader for both the Palm...
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Yes, and no. Adobe makes a program (that only runs on closed, proprietary systems) that takes a PDF, reformats it into something even more useless and unreadable, and puts it into a Palm file. Then they wrote a program that runs on the Palm that can read this useless file.
Run Adobe's free reader on the Palm, then try to open a PDF you've put on your SD card. It won't work.
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Originally Posted by ProfJulie
The PDF format is quite versatile and perhaps that versatility leads many to believe it is not suitable for eBooks.
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No, I think it's the bloated file size (compare 300K for a mobipocket book to 1500K for the same PDF) and the fact that PDFs don't display correctly on the current crop of eBook readers (tagged or otherwise) that have led many to believe that it's not suitable.
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Originally Posted by ProfJulie
Even so, why blame the PDF format for this lack of understanding, lack of commitment, and lack of features of alternative PDF applications?
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I don't. I blame PDF for being a locked down, bloated format.