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Originally Posted by johnnyb
I use a Kindle Keyboard with 6" screen and I either convert PDFs via email or display them directly. When done reading, I can export the highlights and notes for specific books with mentioned freeware and in case I need to use them, just search for them in the original file (with proper pagination)... This fits my workflow insofar as I prefer re-reading and organizing what is important for a specific topic anyway. Might not be for everyone... Advantage over Boox: the system is stable (and I always have the Kindle clippings as a backup and don't rely on obscure files that cannot be properly extracted, how do you restore the Boox database files properly?).
But I also have a tablet for that so this is just when I'm traveling and don't want "the heavy artillery" with me (for battery reasons for example, the Kindle last really long). Or when I cannot stand looking at a display. So I use the Kindle mostly for recreational reading and "recreational research" (that is, getting new ideas)...
(You could also reflash a Kindle DX(G) with firmware 3, probably less painful than relying on a Boox.)
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We all have better 6" devices, better than Onyx. I thought you got the point, we are all interested in Onyx because we are looking for a decent functionality and openness to all formats we might need, that would be for a 9.7-10" eink screen. I am not familiar with Kindle but I would be happy to find out that Kindle DX(G) fits the bill and matches all the features that Onyx currently has.
- No touch screen, no pen as far as I know, am I wrong?
- Many formats are not accessible afaik
Not sure to what degree Kindle DX was hacked to add new applications there. Since you are Kindle's advocate I will let you tell us. As for Onyx I am pretty sure that once the unavoidable bugs that usually come with a new version are solved it will be OK. So far it seems that they have fixed the hardware problems and most of the software problems that were pestering M91 ...
And speaking of annotations: I just looked at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PmWnoPA1qQ
and I am sorry to say but we are now living the era of touch screens and this mode of making annotations is unproductive , lacks fluidity and it interrupts the course of your reading...
Since the colour eInk is out there on the market I expect the big guys to jump on it soon. I will probably drive to Buffalo to buy a colour eInk Nook and that will be the end of my problems. That if I don't buy the new JetBook till then. So far Onyx looks decent and it is improving. I believe that for them it is now or never because the next generation of eInk devices will have all the features across the market (9.7", touch screen, wireless, colour eInk) so they better make some money now so they can compete next year. For me it is all a matter of time, I have to buy something now, I can not afford to wait 1 year... and unless you convince me that Kindle DX is better than Onyx for PDF reading I will most probably buy Onyx crippled as you believe it is.