[janek]

Originally Posted by Innit

Hey
1) As far as I know, you have two types of pdf. In one, the text is actually readable as text and the other is basicly a picture of text. I know that you can annotate and highlight in the first type, but can you also highlight in the second type? Does this need converting to text? (the onyx boox can do this by itself, right?) and if so: do I lose my layout and thus my tables? Anyone any thoughts on how this works?

No, you can't highlight text on scanned (non-OCRed) pdfs. But still you can use scribbling (ie drawing shapes and handwriting things on top of pdfs) to mark the bits of text. After you are finished it is possible to merge pdf with your scribbles and read/store it on the PC. On Windows, there's a problem with printing the annotated pdfs, though.

And no, Boox does not have an OCR function. You need to OCR your paper before uploading it to Boox with OCR software, if you want highlighting. (it would indeed be nice if Boox had such an option, ie if the firmware integrated software like tesseract)

Originally Posted by Innit

2) Does the highlighting work well in general? And is it saved properly(exportable?)? And how about the annotation?

In fact, annotations and highlighting are the same function. To annotate, you need to highlight text first, and then a window appears where you can write your annotations with a stylus (using a virtual keyboard or handwriting).

And yes, it works fine, except for one ugly bug which occurs on some PDFs where highlighted text is saved without spaces. It is unclear though if this is related to Boox or PDFs. Annotations work just fine, they are saved as a separate text file along your comments, and can be transferred to PC and edited there. Reports are, they can also be merged with original pdf, but I didn't try that.

Originally Posted by Innit

3) Is the difference between the m90 and the m92 really big? Should I consider buying the m92? (while answering this, do realize that the m90 is actually already way over budget for me.)

From what I know m90 had many issues and is not developed any further. I
strongly recommend m92.
Cost-wise, my experience as a month-and-a-half owner of Boox is very positive. It improved my research workflow significantly and i would definitely buy it again. About learning purposes I'm not sure, but I can imagine that you can use highlighting/annotations as a tool to select important information and only review your highlights for your exams etc
Also eye strain factor is relevant. I'm able to read more on Boox than on a laptop/tablet.

Still, mind you, m92 has its problems, mostly software related, and Onyx is not doing good fixing them. The firmware is mostly functional but buggy and still rather basic. So it may appeal to your specific purposes or not. (If you are looking for a tablet rather than a pdf reader, m92 will definitely disappoint you).

Originally Posted by Innit

Sorry for the long post, but I could really use your help! Thanks.
Oh and btw, I'm new here.. So I'm sorry if I'm asking stuff that's already been asked, I did have a good look around, but didn't see it.

Yeah, there is no FAQ (perhaps one needs to be created?). But this forum is full of user testimonials, just browse a little.