Hello,
Thanks for your answer.
I finally bought a Jetbook lite. It's great for reading e-books (txt, prc, ...), but a little limited for PDFs. I've come to the conclusion that a 5" screen needs a pdf reader with refow (like Foxit mobile).
Also, a continuous zoom and a more continous left-right scroll are a must. Otherwise, you cannot properly center equations and figures. It is a shame that the JBL does not already have proper zoom and scroll, because they are really easy to implement (unlke reflow). The JBL already does the 'fit to width zoom' so it can already zoom at any desired zoom level. It's just not available to the user. I hope that ECTACO firmware guys implement appropriate zoom and scroll soon.
Otherwise, we will have to use the JBL with Android someone is developing in the forum
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Cheers
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Originally Posted by syrex314
Zoom and scroll are a little annoying, but far better than what I've heard is the case with e-ink devices.
For example, I'm reading an article from the Journal of the Optical Society of America from 2002. In portrait mode at a zoom of 200%, 1 column fills 2.25" across the available 3" of the screen. It's not perfect, but for my eyes it's perfectly readable. In landscape, it still fills 2.5" of the 4" available. The next zoom step is 400%, which would not work for either. So the lack of continuous zoom levels is rather annoying.
But at 200% in portrait mode on the JetBook, I can read a column without having to scroll left to right as I go. That's the main reason I've abandoned using my Windows Mobile phone for reading PDFs.
Does that address your question?
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