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afa · 05-03-2010, 05:27 AM

Thanks for the detailed reply. Your explanation will certainly help clarify matters for those considering the Story (like yours truly).

While I wasn't really paying attention to the .DOC and .TXT capabilities, their inefficiencies are still disappointing. Worse is the PDF. Some ebook retailers sell novels in PDF format, so the fact that it doesn't work well is quite disappointing.

All in all, reading about the various experiences that people on this forum have had with different devices, I can't help but feel that ereaders are far from being a refined tech. Suddenly, Amazon's reluctance to include support for PDF etc. makes sense. They probably figured why include a feature that our device will struggle with, when we could just include it in a firmware update if and when it can actually handle it. I, for one, think they did the right thing.

Seems to me everyone just rushed to jump onto the ebook bandwagon, resulting in half-assed devices that have nearly as many flaws as features. I am now seriously re-considering my decision to buy one, at least until they fix the damn bugs and radically drop the price.

05-03-2010, 05:27 AM	#49
afa The Forgotten Posts: 1,136 Karma: 4689999 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Dubai Device: Kindle Paperwhite; Nook HD; Sony Xperia Z3 Compact	Thanks for the detailed reply. Your explanation will certainly help clarify matters for those considering the Story (like yours truly). While I wasn't really paying attention to the .DOC and .TXT capabilities, their inefficiencies are still disappointing. Worse is the PDF. Some ebook retailers sell novels in PDF format, so the fact that it doesn't work well is quite disappointing. All in all, reading about the various experiences that people on this forum have had with different devices, I can't help but feel that ereaders are far from being a refined tech. Suddenly, Amazon's reluctance to include support for PDF etc. makes sense. They probably figured why include a feature that our device will struggle with, when we could just include it in a firmware update if and when it can actually handle it. I, for one, think they did the right thing. Seems to me everyone just rushed to jump onto the ebook bandwagon, resulting in half-assed devices that have nearly as many flaws as features. I am now seriously re-considering my decision to buy one, at least until they fix the damn bugs and radically drop the price.