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Originally Posted by HarryT
Forgive me for saying so, but to recommend a Kindle to someone who wants to read PDF seems to be a little odd, given that the Kindle is the only one of the "mainstream" eBook devices not to be able to read PDF at all! The others aren't terribly good at it, but the Kindle just plain can't do it. I understand what you're saying about the web browser, a web browser can't render PDF on its own - you still need to have a PDF viewer application involved somewhere.
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Well .. i guess I didn't see it as cut and dry as a PDF recommendation I was trying to figure out the best way for the person to get good material for web development.
Native PDF reading on a 6" reader means very little (I have found), so it's always going to be an issue of which reader will do the best conversion (or the closest for you). I recommended the Kindle because it brought other options to the table (web browser, store that will probably have more computer books) not solely on PDF reading.
The tablet is a good suggestion if the user doesn't mind staring at the screen. I whole heartedly agree that it is the best option as far as reading options (web, pdf, all formats, etc.) but i find most people look at e-ink solutions simply to stop looking at a LCD screen for a few hours a day.
I will probably end up getting a UMPC to back up my e-ink reader for variety, but I will probably move to a Kindle what with the recent O'reily announcement.