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Originally Posted by Xachariah
I see a lot of hate for the Hanlin V3, I've got the Bebook flashed with OpenInkpot and have absolutely no issues with it. I see a lot of people calling it 'cheap and plasticky' but its very solid and has a utilitarian form. I am a pragmatist and only buy things I need, not because they are flashy and shiny. I don't think it should be rated poorly solely because it doesn't have a tacky metallic finish.
Sure it doesn't have a dedicated bookstore or support for DRM, but I strip DRM off as a matter of course. Organisation is basically hierarchical folders and I have arranged those in a way that I can easily find whatever book I want in seconds, even with over 300 books. (Basically by authors alphabetically.)
Battery life is less than advertised, but I suppose that is because I read the books from the SD card, I'm led to understand the SD card drains power above and beyond the e-readers normal functions.
I have found the .pdf support somewhat lacking, and I am considering upgrading my e-reader. It's a lovely device in every way but I may need to use .pdf's a lot for final year of university in 2010.
How good is the iliad with PDF's? I'm attracted to the idea of a device that's decent with PDF's and still a good mobile formfactor for reading normal fiction .prc. But I'm considering having two devices, one mobile for normal books (perhaps my current Bebook) and a larger reader for PDF's, but that seem's a little akward and inefficient.
I'm strongly leaning towards the iliad as a catchall reader as opposed to having two interchangable, which seem's somewhat wasteful (no offense).
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iRex iLiad for PDFs: It all depends on the "philosophy" and your source material.
In my opinion, the idea behind PDF is, to "fix" the layout. So I don't want to have reflow or any other kind of "trick".
On iRex iLiad I simply mark the area I'd like to check out (column in a newspaper article, diagramm and surrounding text, comic including text bubble, ...) and blow it to full screen.
No fixed zoom levels, no limitations.
Marking the area of interest is quite easy and convenient. Via touchscreen, simply draw a diagonal line over the respective area.
Display quality is fine, way better than Sony 700.
And I enjoy, scribbling on PDFs, for example playing Kakuro. Or maybe putting notes on your professor's repetitoriums.