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Old 01-17-2012, 04:40 PM   #7
semioticwafture
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Given that PDF support is a primary requirement, you're looking at a tablet, not an eInk device. It's generally agreed that the iPad with something like the "GoodReader" app is pretty much the best for this. No eInk device will satisfy your requirements.
See my other post -- I think I'm likely much more easily satisfied than most people on the PDF requirement: by "usable for reading PDF files", I do mean specifically a). not appallingly slow (it should be less than a few seconds per page turn for the great majority of non-bitmap, non-pathological PDF files), and b). sane page-turn behaviour when reading PDF in landscape: in your opinion, are THOSE specific requirements alone a problem? Because too slow, or because nothing has sane page-turn behaviour?

(and by sane page-turn behaviour, I mean specifically that when you are not at the bottom of a page, you can easily jump to the next part of that page, and when you are at the bottom of a page, you can easily jump to the top of the next page)

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