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leuvenwim · 10-17-2011, 02:24 PM

I'm waiting desperately and impatiently for the advent of such a product.

As a post-graduate student, I have tons of research papers in pdf format to read everyday. I hope one day I don't need to print them out so that people will chop less trees or use the timber to build houses intead of making paper.

Kindle DX is not yet an ilde solution: vertical view is too small for an PDF file; horizontal view cuts the layout into half, which breaks the rhythm of reading and shrink the total words perceived at one glance. Several pages is fine. It can be an arduous reading experience after two or three hours.

An A4-size Ereader. Is it really that hard to produce or simply because the market is not big enough?

I hope I'll be able to use an iPad-size eink reader before I die.
(I'm in my twenties, by the way.)

10-17-2011, 02:24 PM	#1
leuvenwim Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: kindle 3	How soon can a 12-inch-eink reader be released? I'm waiting desperately and impatiently for the advent of such a product. As a post-graduate student, I have tons of research papers in pdf format to read everyday. I hope one day I don't need to print them out so that people will chop less trees or use the timber to build houses intead of making paper. Kindle DX is not yet an ilde solution: vertical view is too small for an PDF file; horizontal view cuts the layout into half, which breaks the rhythm of reading and shrink the total words perceived at one glance. Several pages is fine. It can be an arduous reading experience after two or three hours. An A4-size Ereader. Is it really that hard to produce or simply because the market is not big enough? I hope I'll be able to use an iPad-size eink reader before I die. (I'm in my twenties, by the way.)