A few questions before I buy the new DX

outismetis · 07-03-2010, 10:04 PM

I'm nearly ready to buy the new Kindle DX, but:

I have a lot of academic articles in PDF form, and I was wondering if it is possible to download PDFs over the 3G using the Kindle Browser. I'd like to be able to access my web-server with the PDFs to download a few, should I need a specific article. Is it possible either out-of-the-box or does it require a hack?

Also, is there something special that needs be done to a font before it can go onto the Kindle via the font hack? I'd like to be able to use my favorite book/academic typeface.

Thanks in advance.

EricLandes · 07-03-2010, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outismetis

I'm nearly ready to buy the new Kindle DX, but:

I have a lot of academic articles in PDF form, and I was wondering if it is possible to download PDFs over the 3G using the Kindle Browser. I'd like to be able to access my web-server with the PDFs to download a few, should I need a specific article. Is it possible either out-of-the-box or does it require a hack?

Also, is there something special that needs be done to a font before it can go onto the Kindle via the font hack? I'd like to be able to use my favorite book/academic typeface.

Thanks in advance.

I don't know anything about the fonts, but you can't download PDFs to your kindle using the browser. Only .MOBI, .AZW, and a couple other minor formats (like .txt or .jpg or something) can be downloaded to your kindle from the browser.

AnemicOak · 07-03-2010, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by PhillipA82

Nop, pdf's and kindle don't work well together...

They work quite a bit better since the last firmware update.

outismetis · 07-03-2010, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipA82

Nop, pdf's and kindle don't work well together...

Really? The videos on Youtube and reviews with pictures on the Internet have led me to believe that it handled them just fine. These aren't complex textbooks, just words.

AnemicOak · 07-04-2010, 02:02 AM

Screen shots of the K2 (2.5.2) doing PDF. Looks pretty decent to me and I'd assume the DX with it's larger screen would do even better...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88498

HarryT · 07-04-2010, 04:45 AM

Unfortunately, though, the PDF viewer of the Kindle is still somewhat limited. No hyperlinks, no table of contents, no annotation, no dictionary lookup.

tomsem · 07-04-2010, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by outismetis

I'm nearly ready to buy the new Kindle DX, but:

I have a lot of academic articles in PDF form, and I was wondering if it is possible to download PDFs over the 3G using the Kindle Browser. I'd like to be able to access my web-server with the PDFs to download a few, should I need a specific article. Is it possible either out-of-the-box or does it require a hack?

...

Thanks in advance.

I've tried downloading PDFs from Google Docs, etc., but that doesn't seem to work, even if the file does not have a PDF extension.

The only official way to get PDFs on there wirelessly is to use the Kindle email address (for which there's a small charge). So maybe you could add something to your web server so that it could mail the PDFs to the Kindle.

rcuadro · 07-04-2010, 12:55 PM

I find that the PDF's on the DX look good and are easy to read.

pboss · 07-05-2010, 10:40 AM

I've found that too, but it might be not enough for some people.

Sischa · 07-05-2010, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PhillipA82

Nop, pdf's and kindle don't work well together...

Nope, indeed they work very good together. You just can not download PDF's directly to your kindle via whispernet+amazon browser. Thats really a flaw

HarryT · 07-05-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by rcuadro

I find that the PDF's on the DX look good and are easy to read.

They are very good to read. Unfortunately, though, they are very poor to navigate, with no support for either a table of contents or hyperlinks within the document.

cheerio6414 · 07-05-2010, 11:51 AM

I don't download pdf directly to my kindle which is nice.

loveangel · 07-05-2010, 12:42 PM

Pdf and kindle not made for each other ..

avlad · 07-05-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by loveangel

Pdf and kindle not made for each other ..

and your argument is ?

paperwastage · 07-05-2010, 05:53 PM

my HD-video of the kindle pdf test

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88853

pdfs would look nicely on the dx(my friend has a dx coming in a few days, will do the same)

07-03-2010, 10:04 PM	#1
outismetis Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kindle DX	A few questions before I buy the new DX I'm nearly ready to buy the new Kindle DX, but: I have a lot of academic articles in PDF form, and I was wondering if it is possible to download PDFs over the 3G using the Kindle Browser. I'd like to be able to access my web-server with the PDFs to download a few, should I need a specific article. Is it possible either out-of-the-box or does it require a hack? Also, is there something special that needs be done to a font before it can go onto the Kindle via the font hack? I'd like to be able to use my favorite book/academic typeface. Thanks in advance.

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paperwastage Groupie Posts: 154 Karma: 1310 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: kindle DX Graphite	my HD-video of the kindle pdf test https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88853 pdfs would look nicely on the dx(my friend has a dx coming in a few days, will do the same)