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Originally Posted by sagiquarion
As an ereader, it has much potential save the the locked down and limited OS not to mention ZERO options for expandability. I really want to use the ipad for reading as I was impressed by the experience but two things need to happen: I need to be able to control the margins as I prefer as much text on screen as possible; 2) I need to get over the limitations I mentioned which I don't think will happen.
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I don't know if you'll ever find an e-reader with an "unlocked" or open OS - e-readers are fairly single-purposed, and you can always apply hacks to certain e-readers or jailbreak your ipad if you're that concerned about it. I totally agree with you regarding the expandability, I'm sure the ipad 2.0 will have some sort of usb/sd slot. I have a 32gb ipad, and I'm only using about 2 gb for books/pdfs which is *a lot* of reading material
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As far as margin control goes, if you're reading pdf's, GoodReader gives you complete control over margins plus allowing you to zoom in to ridiculous levels of magnification (i.e. you can have a couple of letters take up the whole screen, with no margins
). In iBooks, I have about a 3/4" margin around the page with a standard epub book.