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Estuche · 12-30-2009, 02:56 AM

I, too, have been looking for the definite PDF reader for academic papers. Yesterday after a lot of research I decided to give the Sony PRS-900 (aka Daily edition) a try, so I ordered it from Bestbuy for US$372. It is expected to arrive in January and it includes both hard and soft cases, a charger and stylus.

Reasons why I pulled the trigger:

1. It allows for text reflow, note taking, bookmarking, underlining, dictionary, and search functions on PDF files.
2. It has a touch screen, which makes things more intuitive (trade off is less contrast and some glare)
3. It has a margin crop feature and a 7" screen that, when placed in landscape mode allows for reading PDFs in their original size and formats (good for graphic heavy documents). The downside is the extra scrolling to read the entire page, but at least no zoom+pan is needed
4. It is still compact and light enough to be portable
5. Cheaper than the other large screen readers
6. If anything better appears next week at CES I can always cancel my order. In the mean time I am taking advantage of the sale price!

Hope it helps,

12-30-2009, 02:56 AM	#28
Estuche Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 24 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: none	I, too, have been looking for the definite PDF reader for academic papers. Yesterday after a lot of research I decided to give the Sony PRS-900 (aka Daily edition) a try, so I ordered it from Bestbuy for US$372. It is expected to arrive in January and it includes both hard and soft cases, a charger and stylus. Reasons why I pulled the trigger: 1. It allows for text reflow, note taking, bookmarking, underlining, dictionary, and search functions on PDF files. 2. It has a touch screen, which makes things more intuitive (trade off is less contrast and some glare) 3. It has a margin crop feature and a 7" screen that, when placed in landscape mode allows for reading PDFs in their original size and formats (good for graphic heavy documents). The downside is the extra scrolling to read the entire page, but at least no zoom+pan is needed 4. It is still compact and light enough to be portable 5. Cheaper than the other large screen readers 6. If anything better appears next week at CES I can always cancel my order. In the mean time I am taking advantage of the sale price! Hope it helps, Last edited by Estuche; 12-30-2009 at 03:38 AM.