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Originally Posted by exapted
Also, I have heard that the Kindle DX supports auto-crop (although sometimes some artifacts on the edges of the pages could mess that up).
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If you're talking about automatically cropping the white space around the border of a pdf then no, the DX does not do that. You can use tools to trim the white space from a pdf yourself though (I use ImageMagick).
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Originally Posted by exapted
(1) How easy is it to navigate around a Kindle DX PDF using bookmarks and/or page numbers? (Often the page number of a PDF doesn't match with the page number in the table of contents, so I think I would prefer to set a bookmark for each chapter rather than memorize the page numbers for chapters.)
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There is no link support for pdfs on the DX. You can jump to a page by typing the page number, you can add bookmarks, and the DX automatically bookmarks the last page you were reading and then auto loads that page when reopening the pdf. But there is no toc support or internal link support, which is a real pain when reading technical pdfs.
You should probably check out the Kindle forum and read up on DX pdf support. My experience has been hit or miss... sometimes the pdfs are rendered well, other times the text is displayed small, gray, and almost unreadable. I've had good luck with technical pdfs (I'm a software engineer, so I read tons of technical pdfs), but the lack of link support can be annoying. The latest update which is coming out soon will add zoom support for pdfs.
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Originally Posted by exapted
Once I get an ebook reader, I'll report my experiences. I'm also thinking about the Notion Ink Adam, with Pixel Qi display, although I'm not convinced its transflective LCD will be as easy on the eyes as e-ink. My priorities, in order, are (1) readability, eye comfort, (2) speed of navigation, (3) cost, and (a distant last) (4) use as tablet computer possibly with bluetooth PAN / Wifi tethering from another device with 3G/4G. If I become convinced that a transflective LCD is good enough as far as readability and eye comfort goes, then I will probably go with a Notion Ink Adam. Battery life would not usually be a factor, and navigation would be faster too. |
The Notion Ink Adam looks very interesting. It's the only other reader I would consider aside from the Kindle DX and iPad. We won't know how good of a reader it is until its release sometime this summer (I think they're still working on Flash support), but I would guess that its eye comfort will be great.
You may want to also consider an iPad. I know, it's an lcd, but reading on it is still comfortable (not as great as the Kindle) and it has full pdf features (buy Goodreader for $1, amazing pdf reader).