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Originally Posted by tdk
Hi all,
I've been looking at the LIBRIe for a bit now and was considering purchasing one on my upcoming trip to Japan in 2 weeks time. Now I see thanks to engadget that there is another player in the market and has thrown a little spanner in the works 
I have a few questions that maybe some people could answer in order to help me make my mind up.
1) How do people find the size of the LIBRIe. alot of the photos of it make it look rather large (although judging by the dimensions it isnt much begger than a paper back novel. |
The whole device isn't very big, about 12,5 by 19 cm. The actual screen is 9.2 by 12.3 cm, good for text but not for comics (manga ok if the fonts aren't small). What usually surprises people is its weight.
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2) How easy is it to convery PDFs to the LIBRIe format. I have a number of computer books in PDF format that I would like to read on it. these will also have images in them, is that much of a problem.
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You will have to extract the text from the pdf to a txt file; the images you will need to make sure that they are 600x800 or smaller.
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3) Is the page refresh really as much of a problem as people make it out to be.
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Go take a look on the files/videos section of my site to see a small video of me page flipping to get an idea of the screen refresh
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I guess most of those questions for the most part can be answered when I get some hands on with it but any input on the matter is appreciated. Then its just going to be a matter of keeping an eye on the competitor
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Hope the competition does take off next year so that everyone will have his "Librie"