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Old 02-23-2010, 09:55 PM   #93
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Originally Posted by Johannes View Post
I'm a bit puzzled. What makes you feel 9.7" is too small for technical PDFs? I'm actually planning to use the iPad for A4/letter-sized (arXiv) PDFs. I was under the impression this would work well (in particular with the iPad display in landscape mode).

Do I overlook something?
I agree with dmaul1114.

I currently have a Kindle DX, which has exactly 9.7" screen. It is definitely too small for most PDFs in portrait mode.

I really don't like reading in landscape mode, since you can see only half the page at any one time.
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