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tapar · 12-07-2009, 10:57 PM

Howdy,

I have a Kindle v1 and totally love it. I have been wanting to get my mother and brother the Kindle v2. I just heard about the new firmware that adds native PDF support to the Kindle v2.

I have been trying to read up on the support but I still don't have a clear picture of exactly what it is. I have used MobiPocket Creator to convert PDF's to PRC's for the Kindle v1 in the past. I am trying to figure out if the new support removes the need to take that step or not. I saw posts mentioning that the text was too small to be useful in many cases but I am not totally clear on why. My guess is that with no re-flow it tries to fit the whole page's width on the screen at once, causing most text to be too small.

Anyone able to help me get a clearer picture of what the "native PDF" support really offers? Any clues would be helpful, thanks!

12-07-2009, 10:57 PM	#1
tapar Connoisseur Posts: 62 Karma: 1420 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Kindle Keyboard 3g, Kindle Paperwhite v1	help me understand the new native pdf support Howdy, I have a Kindle v1 and totally love it. I have been wanting to get my mother and brother the Kindle v2. I just heard about the new firmware that adds native PDF support to the Kindle v2. I have been trying to read up on the support but I still don't have a clear picture of exactly what it is. I have used MobiPocket Creator to convert PDF's to PRC's for the Kindle v1 in the past. I am trying to figure out if the new support removes the need to take that step or not. I saw posts mentioning that the text was too small to be useful in many cases but I am not totally clear on why. My guess is that with no re-flow it tries to fit the whole page's width on the screen at once, causing most text to be too small. Anyone able to help me get a clearer picture of what the "native PDF" support really offers? Any clues would be helpful, thanks!