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Originally Posted by ultimatebuster
Most of my PDFs are text, there are one or two graphics.
Also, I thought there is a resize tool for the Sony reader that resizes the PDF to the screen siaze?
I'm not interested in other reader since i will read a LOT of epubs as well as PDFs. (PDF for documents and stuff and ePubs for novels)
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The Sony readers DO NOT resize the PDF. That's what Sony 505 did BEFORE the firmware update. Since then, Sony 505 (and Sony 700 from the very beginning) does reflowing the text instead.
Meaning: You increase the font, thus reducing the number of lines per page. So the entire layout is changing. Many in this forum consider this a huge step forward. Personally, I did prefer the zooming feature, leaving the layout structure unchanged.
That's what iRex iLiad is doing. You mark the area (via its touchscreen) you'd like to zoom in and exactly that area is exploded to full screen.
For PDFs, Foxit's ESlick
http://computershopper.com/periphera...s/foxit-eslick might be an option (haven't checked it out yet).
And there are 2 versions of Cybook available: 1 for Mobipocket and 1 for EPUB. I've got the older one for Mobipocket and it's kind of comparable to Sony, although I slightly prefer my Sony 505 (not a big fan of Sony 700 because of display quality, though).
Anyhow...if Sony 505 is your choice, you'll be fine. It's a really cool unit, its design is one of the best out there. Only slight annoyance is their Library software, but probably you'll mainly use Adobe Digital Editions (for EPUBs) anyway...
I'd be careful about Sony 700. Yesterday there was an announcement on their webshop "
no longer available for purchase"
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/...52921665562069.
Today I've found the very same for Sony 505.
Intense discussions in this forum: Sony stops their ereader branch OR Sony will release a new unit with G3 very soon OR......
But even if it's still available, I'd carefully compare Sony 505 and Sony 700. Personally, I'm not a fan of Sony 700's display quality (glare because of touchscreen).