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Old 06-18-2006, 11:01 AM   #4
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I've done some more testing, but couldn't really make any new discoveries. The files are quite big and not zoomable, so that isn't good, but it works.
The V8 can read .txt and .html files natively so no conversion will be needed there. PDF can be converted using the Wolf-printer software, but it might be better to use PDF-to-TXT and then simply use the .txt files...
The V2 will be able to read PDf natively, so then you can forget about the conversion software altogether.

I believe, that the problem with PDF is one thtat won't be solved easily. PDF is a very unflexible format and unless it is well done (reflowable...) it is very hard to use on small-screen devices (e.g. anything that doesn't use at least A4 size) unless the file is created for that format.

Using HTML-like formats should prove a lot better for ebooks in my opnion.
Plain TXT is ok, but for some added functionality HTML should come in handy.
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