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Originally Posted by MLDaeni
Just for PDFs, take a look at Pocketbook 301+ forums. It is, in my opinion, the best PDF reader in the 6" class. I use it mostly for technical documents, heavy mathematics with graphics and it's great because:
1. Landscape mode with cut margins
2. Multiple-column mode (great for A4 or Letter sized papers)
3. Really portable, unlike 8" or larger screens.
Good luck in your choice!
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Thanks for the input. I somehow missed this one during my initial survey. This does seem to fit my bill. It would have been so much easier for me to make the call to buy this had they put in a faster processor and more memory.
The way I see it:
negative:
Slower processor (than say PRS600)
Much lesser memory (PRS600 has twice as much ram: 128mb)
Older version of linux (but probably not much of deal)
More expensive.
some very strong positives:
Wifi & bluetooth!
SDK
Opening up the SDK seems very good but viewed that way 64MB ram is probably too restrictive. Clearly the slower processor and lesser ram should have made this less expensive than the competition but probably that cost was all absorbed into wifi.
Nevertheless, I thing this is my top prefference as of now. I have some questions though:
1. The wiki here seems to state that it has an open SDK, but I don't see that mentioned or any content regarding that in their website. Where can I get more info on it?
2. Is the display as sharp as the PRS600?
3. Does this allow arbitary zoom of pdf and does it retain that setting when I flip pages?
4. Does it come with a web browser?
5. Is highlight & annotate possible? How are the annotations store. Can I export books with annotations to the PC?
6. Does it read password protected pdfs as well?
7. The documents I'll read might involve financial data of companies (probably targetted on A4 size), Have you tried reading a companies annual report in it?
Thanks a lot for all the info & sorry to bombard you folks with another bunch of questions.