MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Very difficult time deciding. Kiddle 2, Sony 505, or Sony 700?

Gideon · 05-24-2009, 02:02 AM

I've never had a Kindle purchase of that sort end up very bad. The vast majority of books I purchase have been excellently formatted.

I had the 505... PDF flow is something in Sony Readers (505 and 700) I think that automatically makes lots of text PDFs readable. I have no idea how well it works. They didn't have that feature then.

Ultimately, from what you've said here and the other thread, there is no ideal option for you. For the sort of needs you have, you're not going to find an ideal solution (aside from the DX). All of them have impressive drawbacks.

PDF's are the absolute worst things to deal with on ebooks because they are not an "ebook format," not really. They're about presenting text and images in a consistent way. You're almost better off getting a netbook or one of those little linux tablets someone on the boards are talking about (Q-7?)

I have a lot of PDFs, and I have more or less given up on trying to make them work on anything I have that isn't a computer. It's just not worth the work. I'll send documents if I have to read an article or something and have success making something 'readable' but not necessarily good. PDFs really need to be displayed at the size their made to work well most the time.

05-24-2009, 02:02 AM	#11
Gideon Wearer of Pants Posts: 1,050 Karma: 7634 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Norman, OK Device: Amazon Kindle DX / iPhone	I've never had a Kindle purchase of that sort end up very bad. The vast majority of books I purchase have been excellently formatted. I had the 505... PDF flow is something in Sony Readers (505 and 700) I think that automatically makes lots of text PDFs readable. I have no idea how well it works. They didn't have that feature then. Ultimately, from what you've said here and the other thread, there is no ideal option for you. For the sort of needs you have, you're not going to find an ideal solution (aside from the DX). All of them have impressive drawbacks. PDF's are the absolute worst things to deal with on ebooks because they are not an "ebook format," not really. They're about presenting text and images in a consistent way. You're almost better off getting a netbook or one of those little linux tablets someone on the boards are talking about (Q-7?) I have a lot of PDFs, and I have more or less given up on trying to make them work on anything I have that isn't a computer. It's just not worth the work. I'll send documents if I have to read an article or something and have success making something 'readable' but not necessarily good. PDFs really need to be displayed at the size their made to work well most the time.