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CEW4 · 09-17-2011, 02:56 PM

Hi everyone,

long time no read... ;-)

Well, so I recently got myself a Kindle 3 as my second ebook reader (actually, I got two of them - I got a nice offer on the second, and since I couldn't really make up my mind for either the the WLAN-only or the 3G version anyway... <g>)

My first impression: Nice. Not a revolution compared to my old reader, but rather nice indeed.

Second impression: Wait a moment - what about PDF? My previous reader had "reflow" handling which worked quite well in most cases. When I copied a PDF onto the Kindle I ended up with a 1:1 view of each page - wonderful, a A4-page on an 6" screen. What good is this supposed to do?

Once again, Calibre saved the day. It was able to convert the PDF to MOBI, whereafter the document displayed decently on the Kindle. But is that really the best the Kindle can do? My year-old previous reader that nobody fails to knock if you even hint at the name (that's right, the Thalia Oyo :-) ) could even do better, and by a landslide!

Am I missing something here?

09-17-2011, 02:56 PM	#1
CEW4 Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Germany Device: Oyo, Kindle	PDF usability Hi everyone, long time no read... ;-) Well, so I recently got myself a Kindle 3 as my second ebook reader (actually, I got two of them - I got a nice offer on the second, and since I couldn't really make up my mind for either the the WLAN-only or the 3G version anyway... <g>) My first impression: Nice. Not a revolution compared to my old reader, but rather nice indeed. Second impression: Wait a moment - what about PDF? My previous reader had "reflow" handling which worked quite well in most cases. When I copied a PDF onto the Kindle I ended up with a 1:1 view of each page - wonderful, a A4-page on an 6" screen. What good is this supposed to do? Once again, Calibre saved the day. It was able to convert the PDF to MOBI, whereafter the document displayed decently on the Kindle. But is that really the best the Kindle can do? My year-old previous reader that nobody fails to knock if you even hint at the name (that's right, the Thalia Oyo :-) ) could even do better, and by a landslide! Am I missing something here?