Thread: iLiad now or wait for Mentor?
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Old 08-04-2008, 09:35 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by mgiacoma View Post
I'm more concerned abou the computer science ones: if they are not provided in some suitable format but on PDF, how would be the rendering on the iLiad?
If they are sold as "Secure Adobe ebooks", then they are not readable on the iLiad (and might be readable on the Sony PRS-505 with the new Adobe Digitial Editions upgrade). If they are standard PDFs then they should be as readable as other A4/letter PDFs.

The Sony is a potential choice for PDFs that can be "reflowed", and you can test how well it works on a Windows PC - see Sony's Windows ebook Reader. Adobe Digital Editions would be spectacular on a 9.7" screen, but MobiPocket won't allow its software to be used on a machine that has Adobe DE (or any completing ebook software that supports DRM). So iRex and Bookeen (with MOBI support) may end up at a severe competitive disadvantage to the Astak 9.7" Mentor in the textbook market.
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