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Originally Posted by pcinfoman
Well, that sucks! What is the point of have a pdf reader feature if pdfs don't work on the thing
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I have no idea why it supports PDF. But if you make a PDF in the size of the screen, it works fine. It's justr just your average PDF made to be printed on a piece of paper is too large for the screen. You will need to use one of the thrd party tools to get the PDF to be readable enough.
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Originally Posted by pcinfoman
So the line spacing is horrible on this unit. is that what you are saying?
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The line spacing on the Sony is fine. It's eReader formatted books that hae the problem. Books you purchase at the Connect store are fine.
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Originally Posted by pcinfoman
I don't really get this. it is an electronic device, right? it displays information on the screen, right? Then not putting a backlight on it does not make sense to me. I think I will have to find a place that has one I can actually hold.
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You will find that no e-ink device will have a backlight. It's not just the Sony. As Harry said (simplified here) light cannot pass through the e-ink.
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Originally Posted by pcinfoman
You don't seem like you are happy with this product. is there nothing good you can say about it?
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I am very happy with my Sony Reader. I use it to read books. I do not try to get it to do things it's not all that good at. I don't bother trying to read full page sized PDF. I read books with it. It does that very well. It holds a charge for 2-3 weeks depending on usage. It's a good size to be able to carry around with me. The screen does not cause eye fatigue. It's not too heavy to hold. ANd I am not stuck carrying around a bunch of dead tree type books. I can have many books on it at one time so I can decide what I want to read when the mood strikes me.
The tools we have for content creation are very good. We have libpri500 with all it's various tools, Book Designer, and pielrf.