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Originally Posted by mythololylover
what about the kindle fire?
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I don't own a Kindle Fire myself.
Given the US-centric content, it probably wouldn't be of much use in Germany.
But I guess, same applies for Kindle Fire as for all 7" tablets:
a.) First of all, in my opinion, tablets are better for PDFs than ePaper readers.
Tablets are faster, you can zoom in and out way more efficiently.
And the touchscreen acts way faster, too.
b.) You can use various apps on tablets. Some may be better for zooming, others for adding comments and others for reflowing and so on.
Most recommend Goodreader for PDFs. I have it on iPad and iPhone. It's not available (yet?) for Android. But you find similar apps on Android without problems.
c.) You can use various (almost all) eBook formats on tablets. There are apps for Kindle (Mobipocket), PDF, ePUB (numerous apps for this), PDB, ...
Yes, you can solve this for dedicated readers by converting from the source format to a format your reader accepts. But often the results are less than stellar and it simply is time consuming.
On the other hand there are some (only few IMHO) downsides to tablets:
a.) Their display consumes way more battery. Dedicated readers easily can go 20+ hours, most tablets only allow for 7+ hours.
b.) There's lots of controversy about display quality, glare and such. Personally, I don't have any problems with it. Yes, ePaper is more pleasant to the eye. But on the other hand, backlit screens have their advantages as well.
c.) Main problem for myself: Tablets are (way) heavier than dedicated readers. I can't hold iPad for example comfortably in my hands for more than maybe 3 hours. Most of the times, that's enough. But sometimes I like to read an entire afternoon and then you feel those 200g (or maybe even up to 400g) difference in weight.
Meaning:
If you have to use PDFs, a tablet might be the better choice (really depends on the source material).
Still, most of the times it's preferable to have a similar display size than your original PDFs. Most of the times, that's >>6". So a 7" tablet still can be somewhat critical. 10" is close enough to DIN A4 format.
I'm very fond of my Kindles and I'm a fan of Amazon in general. Their bookstore is great, so is their customer service.
Given that experience, I guess you can't go wrong with Kindle Fire.
Still: I'd recommend an alternative file format. My personal experience with PDFs isn't that great. Most consider ePUB the "standard" format. Kindle's own AZW (Mobipocket) format delivers better results than PDF as well.