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Originally Posted by sonicbuddha
I'm sorry, I thought I said I'll be reading technical books (programming, system administration) in the first post. These books are usually of standard size, not large 10".
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Pretty much any PDF book has a page size too large to display on a 6" device. Cut out a piece of paper that's 90x120mm in size (the screen size of a 6" reader) and place it on the page of one of your books. Now take an A5 sheet of paper (the size of the DR1000's screen) and try that. The difference in size is considerable!
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I'm to understand that iRex products do not suspend, but require a shut off/turn on sequence. Also, what I have read is that you cannot highlight but only annotate PDFs.
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I'm not sure what distinction you're making between "annotating" and "highlighting", I'm afraid. The DR1000 lets you "draw" on the page with the stylus. You can circle something of interest - ie "highlight" it - or you can write your own comments on the page - "annotate" it.
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Finally, that they possess a short battery life.
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I read on my DR1000 for 2-3 hours a day, and recharge it perhaps once every 3-4 days, at which point the battery life is about 40-50%. You should get 12h out of a battery charge, which personally I'd consider to be entirely respectable. It's certainly more than enough to get you through a day's work.