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Originally Posted by zer0her0
I purchase most all my technical ebooks from O'Reilly ebooks. How do the O'Reilly books look in the mobi format that they distribute in? Has anyone loaded their PDFs on a DX? How do they compare: Mobi vs PDF? K2 vs DX?
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You can read a mobipocket on your PC using the mobipocket reader software from mobipocket.com. Better yet, download
calibre and use it to view a file. You can resize the Calibre window to simulate the size of the two readers.
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Originally Posted by zer0her0
Second, I read/reference alot of google's API docs, are they viewable/usable in the kindle's browser? Is it free or do I need to pay per MB? Is there a difference between the K2 and DX browsers?
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I use the web browser all the time. Today, I used it to pull up a map on google maps. However, if you buy the Kindle for its web browser you will be sorely disappointed. It is slow, uses a small screen (my Kindle2 screen), and doesn't support all web technologies. As a bonus feature it is a pleasant surprise, but as an everyday web browser you would be disappointed. Today, it is free to use. However, the promise from Amazon is limited to only a few features, such as free wikipedia. Therefore, don't assume that it will always be free. OR, Amazon might choose to restrict access at some future time.