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Originally Posted by Olga Shpak
Hello,
I am a biologist, and I spend a huge amount of time reading scientific papers in .pdf format (with all graphs and pictures, and tables, etc.).
Would anybody please advise if there is a device that can deal with articles in pdf?
I am not really interested in any other functions, but I am so tired of reading papers from the screen that I am ready to pay $650 for QUE if it is the only option. And is it an option at all?
I and my friends have tried several SONY models: even if they can read ebooks in pdf, they struggle with papers in pdf (either the font is too small if we shrink the page to fit the screen, or only part of page is shown - one column of the journal text, and we can not move to the second column).
If -even with newer more expensive models - to make pdfs with scientific papers readable is still such a nightmare, then the scientists are to keep reading from the computer screens and save money for the ophtalmologists...  |
The IREX DR800 handles pdfs well, is light and has got a nice sized screen. The only problem for your purposes is that, at the moment, you can't zoom pdfs. You can reflow them but that screws up the formating and can destroy graphs and the like. However, IREX say they are going to update the firmware so that you will be able to zoom pdfs, and do lots of other funky things, in April. I use one for reading academic journal articles but sometimes I just have to revert to the laptop if the notation is too much for it to handle.