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ProDigit · 03-08-2012, 03:23 PM

I would ask you 'why not invest'?
Even with current software, the reader provides an excellent pdf reader!

If all you need is see PDF pages full screen, and flip them; you got more than enough on the JBC, even more if colors are important to you.
I don't see why people need to wait when they can already do what they expected to be doing from this device!

The kinks in the software are mainly from the side software. The things that are extra, and no man needs, but every one wants!

If given a choice, would you prefer the JBC to be a color e-ink device that only can read PDF's and does well at that, or do you prefer a whole bunch of extra's with it, that may not work 100% optimal yet?

Is like asking: "Do you like a Sony radio, where you can listen to the radio with, and have a basic 3 band EQ; power and volume knob; or do you want a Panasonic radio that has the same, but allows you to play back MP3, and has custom 7 band eq instead of 3band, and has a loudness knob; but some MP3's can not playback due to bitrate limitations for the same price?"

All I'm saying is, only looking to the JBC as a PDF reader, it has many options that the smaller e-ink readers (5,6,7" devices) don't have; not to mention all the other software that comes with it.

03-08-2012, 03:23 PM	#14
ProDigit Karmaniac Posts: 2,553 Karma: 11499146 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Miami FL Device: PRS-505, Jetbook, + Mini, +Color, Astak Ez Reader Pro, PPW1, Aura H2O	I would ask you 'why not invest'? Even with current software, the reader provides an excellent pdf reader! If all you need is see PDF pages full screen, and flip them; you got more than enough on the JBC, even more if colors are important to you. I don't see why people need to wait when they can already do what they expected to be doing from this device! The kinks in the software are mainly from the side software. The things that are extra, and no man needs, but every one wants! If given a choice, would you prefer the JBC to be a color e-ink device that only can read PDF's and does well at that, or do you prefer a whole bunch of extra's with it, that may not work 100% optimal yet? Is like asking: "Do you like a Sony radio, where you can listen to the radio with, and have a basic 3 band EQ; power and volume knob; or do you want a Panasonic radio that has the same, but allows you to play back MP3, and has custom 7 band eq instead of 3band, and has a loudness knob; but some MP3's can not playback due to bitrate limitations for the same price?" All I'm saying is, only looking to the JBC as a PDF reader, it has many options that the smaller e-ink readers (5,6,7" devices) don't have; not to mention all the other software that comes with it. Last edited by ProDigit; 03-08-2012 at 03:26 PM.