MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - E-reader with large display mainly for PDFs :?

tomsem · 07-28-2011, 03:48 AM

One of the rumors I'm trying to start is that one of the new Kindles will be a wifi touchscreen DX for under $200, with PDF features updated to K3 level, plus hyperlink support and generating PDF TOC (when applicable). Oh, and ability to round-trip annotations with Adobe Reader etc. If enough of us propagate such a rumor, Amazon will have to do it just to meet expectations of its shareholders.

Seriously, the iPad is probably the best portable PDF viewing device, but it would be great to have a significantly less expensive eink device for this purpose, if only someone would put in the effort. Sony-950 is the best of this class right now, but I'd prefer a wider, 4:3 aspect ratio so full page PDF viewing is more feasible.

07-28-2011, 03:48 AM	#6
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,478 Karma: 26425959 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	One of the rumors I'm trying to start is that one of the new Kindles will be a wifi touchscreen DX for under $200, with PDF features updated to K3 level, plus hyperlink support and generating PDF TOC (when applicable). Oh, and ability to round-trip annotations with Adobe Reader etc. If enough of us propagate such a rumor, Amazon will have to do it just to meet expectations of its shareholders. Seriously, the iPad is probably the best portable PDF viewing device, but it would be great to have a significantly less expensive eink device for this purpose, if only someone would put in the effort. Sony-950 is the best of this class right now, but I'd prefer a wider, 4:3 aspect ratio so full page PDF viewing is more feasible. Last edited by tomsem; 07-28-2011 at 03:51 AM.