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Old 01-25-2009, 05:02 AM   #19
brudigia
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FoxIt reader videos

If you follow the TeleRead link below
http://www.teleread.org/2009/01/24/f...omist-article/

you can view a YouTube video with the FoxIt Reader demonstrated in two demo videos.
The speed of page turning does not seem to be different from our Cybook, honestly. Funny thing is, according to me, that the menus (for enlarging / dimishing the page) and other menus, seem the same as the Cybook, at least in format. I suppose they are using the same Software Development Kit or the Linux Kernel has the same facilities.
Anyway, it does not strike me as a breakthrough. Also with the PDF reflow, the problems with PDF still seem to exist, i.e. the fact that most PDF books / documents are formatted with A4 (or the equivalent USA) in mind, and on the 6" screen there is noway you can read it confortaly.
You need A5 (again, the equivalent in USA) documents, and then the Cybook gives you exactly the same performance and views.
I wonder what FoxIt is aiming at, the object as it is now does not seem to really break new ground, and with the possible exeption of the price (which does not seem to be so low, anyway) I fail to see any market appeal.

Bruno
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