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Quoth · 06-03-2025, 01:05 PM

The Kindle DX or Kindle DXG is worse than a Paperwhite 3 or later for PDFs. Too slow and only 150 dpi. Also there is no WiFi and the Cell/Mobile needed is gone in most countries. They also need a new battery by now.

Send to Kindle can't be used by legal, corporate or privacy conscious people as Amazon gets a copy. You can't email direct to your Kindle.

Also only the Scribe is big enough for PDFs, but for full functionality you have to send it to Amazon and download a KFX to the Kindle, then send the Annotated version back to Amazon. No-one else requires you to convert PDFs for annotation. However the Scribe isn't big enough for all PDFs.

The 7″ Nanote P8 is far too small for PDFs, and even a 17″ in landscape at 1920 x 1080 isn't tall enough pixels for A4 PDFs.

06-03-2025, 01:05 PM	#29
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,170 Karma: 105212035 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	The Kindle DX or Kindle DXG is worse than a Paperwhite 3 or later for PDFs. Too slow and only 150 dpi. Also there is no WiFi and the Cell/Mobile needed is gone in most countries. They also need a new battery by now. Send to Kindle can't be used by legal, corporate or privacy conscious people as Amazon gets a copy. You can't email direct to your Kindle. Also only the Scribe is big enough for PDFs, but for full functionality you have to send it to Amazon and download a KFX to the Kindle, then send the Annotated version back to Amazon. No-one else requires you to convert PDFs for annotation. However the Scribe isn't big enough for all PDFs. The 7″ Nanote P8 is far too small for PDFs, and even a 17″ in landscape at 1920 x 1080 isn't tall enough pixels for A4 PDFs. Last edited by Quoth; 06-03-2025 at 01:08 PM.