Pocketbook Pro 902/903 vs. Kindle DX with library lending

[taylor3456]

Originally Posted by paola

yes you can - with the new firmware (still in beta) you can now take notes in both EPUB and pdf. But before you take the plunge, I'd wait for the final version of 2.1.2 (should be available by the end of november) and wait for some review. "Notetaking" means that you can highlight words and apragraphs, as well as make free-hand notes, and take a snapsot of the page to annotate free-hand. I am not sure about exporting notes, as I do not use/am not interested in this feature. In my device free-hand is still doable but slow, while for others it seems to work fine, so I guess it may still be a matter of fine tuning (or of my own stylus, got to investigate more).

Besides notetaking, the new firmware has some other features that I really love, like for instance the possibility to "multitask" so that you can have several books and applications open at the same time, and switch between them. If you work with it, it is a substantive change. Apparently (from the Ukranian forum) this drains the battery quite a lot (I am sure it does, but I have not noticed), and some people over there complain about it as they only want the device to read a single book, so I am not sure what will happen in the final version, but I do very much hope they keep the feature on (I think users are arguing for a choice to activate the multitasking or not - but bear in mind that google translate is what I go by, and it is far from perfect!

thanks paola, that multitasking is very interesting! I like the feature of direct "make free-hand notes", because I read a lot of pdf files. Can you test the possibility if the notes(highlighted words or free-hand notes) in pdf files can be exported or embedded in the pdf file and I can read them direct on a normal laptop?

It will be probably very worth to wait for the coming Pocketbook 912
The new Hanvon e920 and Onyx M92 will both come with Pearl Eink and 800mhz cpu. Do you think this kind of improvement will happen to the new PB912, or I should bear in mind that it will take a long time for the stability of these 2 devices (Hanvon e920 and Onyx M92)?

[paola]

Originally Posted by taylor3456

thanks paola, that multitasking is very interesting! I like the feature of direct "make free-hand notes", because I read a lot of pdf files. Can you test the possibility if the notes(highlighted words or free-hand notes) in pdf files can be exported or embedded in the pdf file and I can read them direct on a normal laptop?

It will be probably very worth to wait for the coming Pocketbook 912
The new Hanvon e920 and Onyx M92 will both come with Pearl Eink and 800mhz cpu. Do you think this kind of improvement will happen to the new PB912, or I should bear in mind that it will take a long time for the stability of these 2 devices (Hanvon e920 and Onyx M92)?

I am traveling with the pb360 now, but as soon as I get home I'll check if I can figure out whether it is possible - but I am pretty sure somebody on the forum has already addressed this point (though I cannot remember how). As for the Pearl display, I am pretty sure the 912 won't have it, and I wouldn't hold my breath for it, though I'd love to be proved wrong

[taylor3456]

Originally Posted by paola

I am traveling with the pb360 now, but as soon as I get home I'll check if I can figure out whether it is possible - but I am pretty sure somebody on the forum has already addressed this point (though I cannot remember how). As for the Pearl display, I am pretty sure the 912 won't have it, and I wouldn't hold my breath for it, though I'd love to be proved wrong

Ok, I will see what you can do with the "notes"