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Originally Posted by JuliaG
So I know this question has been asked before but as the market is constantly changing I will post again. I am an academic and I spend a lot of time annotating PDFs. I need an e-reader, or possibly a tablet, that will let me take in text notes on a PDF using a stylus, highlight text, and flag sections. I really just want to do the same things you can do to a piece of paper but in digital format. I would like it also to have the ability to do some web browsing but its not necessary.
My research has shown me that people generally recommend an iPad. I would prefer something smaller and cheaper. I won't be playing games or browsing facebook so the $300+ price tag is a little steep. I know Kindle supports PDFs but I do not think that the e-reader comes with stylus capabilities. Recommendations?
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The stylus solutions for iPads and the likes, without a digitizer are crap.
I mean the ones like this:
http://www.amazon.de/Wacom-CS-100-Ei...ds=stylus+ipad
Here the pen basically simulates your fingertip and is about as precise.
So, on a tablet, you would need a digitizer enabled solution, WACOM for example.
And then you'll struggle to even meet the price point of $ 300+.
Just a thought:
I'm using (amongst other tools) the Livescribe3 pen:
http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/smartpen/ls3/
It's a "normal" pen, writing on paper. Either on (more expensive) special paper or you produce the paper yourself via laser printer.
Anyway, the idea behind it:
The paper has raster points and scans your writing on the fly.
On the fly it can be synced to iPad.
There are other livescribe pens, to do the same with a PC. You then sync either via USB or WiFi.
You write on normal paper with a normal pen, far superior to writing on the glass surface of a tablet.
Such pens are in the range of $ 100.
There are even pens, that can write on any paper, not juts the special rasterized one, for example:
http://www.amazon.de/ACECAD-DigiMemo...rds=livescribe
Basically, you attach the included receiver to a standard notepad and write with the pen on any kind of paper.
So, if you can print your PDFs, there are fantastic solutions with pen for a low price point.
If you have to stick to digital documents, there are some reader with pen support, for example the big ones from PocketBook. A tablet is faster and more versatile of course, but including a pen solution way above the price point you mention.