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Originally Posted by HarryT
It is NOT Sony's fault that PDF files have a fixed page size, and that there's no sensible way to read a document formated for an A4 page on a screen that's half the size! That is a limitation of the PDF file format itself, not of the Reader.
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I agree. It is not their fault. It is impossible to do with the reader. So why do they mislead customers by saying that the reader does support the format without any notes about a complete reconstruction of any given pdf file of today?
When you buy a TV you are not supposed to know anything about wavelength, electronics etc. You are language teacher, not IT geek. You read specs (to find out whether it supports SD or HD or both and whether you need to buy an additional digi box): and you find out that you can watch standart definition TV if you connect antenna to it and you can watch digi TV because they have put a digi box for you inside. you buy it.
The same goes for the reader and pdf. You are NOT supposed to understand or even think about how a certain format will behave on every single piece of equipment you use, such as PC, laptop, PDA or ebook reader (whether it is A4 or A6, you don't understand about it, all you know is that you have collected some 50 PDFs that were a part of paper books you bought for yourself for the past 5 years and you had never ever experienced any problem with reading them if OS says: it supports it. You are not supposed to know any details such reflowable formats, it is not a common knowledge for an average customer). You read specs for a given gadget (sony reader) and check out whether it supports a given format. If it supports the format, you buy it....and end up with completely unreadable library of pdfs you have on your HDs? Misleading customers, it is their fault.
IMHO
