07-09-2017, 10:43 AM | #16 | |
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I have a laptop. I have a small smart phone. I also own a tablet. It is used more often than the other two. Better for PDF, especially manuals, portable (great for recipes, takes up less room in the kitchen), for lists much easier to read than a smart phone. Not to mention apps which laptops and ereaders usually don't have. Oh and if I am cataloging, I can use the microphone feature instead of typing. |
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07-14-2017, 04:30 AM | #17 |
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You don't have to (and really shouldn't) quote an entire post to address one aspect of it.
I think that I've already covered it all by "at least for me" and I'm sure everyone can make out for themselves if the same principles apply to them. I've also never seen a tablet on which the backlight can go as comfortably low as on my ASUS Zenbook UX305C. But if I were spending €500+ I'd rather buy, say, good headphones or an expensive GPU (if we're keeping it in the realm of electronics). Those things could very well be entirely redundant for you. |
08-21-2017, 11:00 PM | #18 |
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I read alot of Pdfs on my inkbook with Koreader. Without it, it is plain painful to read pdfs on an ereader device for sure. I do not read technical documents, mostly fiction, history etc but it works. Koreder makes it possible and more than half the times , the reflow function works beautifully. If not I use it in landscape mode which gives good enough screen space.
For technical documents my 6" reader is not enough, I use a 12" tablet for that. You can grab those Samsung 2014 12.2 Notes (which is what I have) for 200+ from Ebay. It also comes with a pressure sensitive stylus so it is just awesome for annotation and drawing. I even installed Android 7 on it. Samsung just came up with S3 tab which has Amoled so I am really saving money to get that one for being able to read techy docs, magazines etc at night. Last edited by loviedovie; 08-21-2017 at 11:07 PM. |
08-21-2017, 11:36 PM | #19 |
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I frequently read pdfs on e-readers on a Boyue and an Onyx. Onyx Oreader is excellent for reading pdfs in landscape. I would rather read a pdf this way than on a tablet. A 6" e-ink device is fine for reading in landscape. A 6.8" is a little nicer, but not essential. But the right software is the key to making it a good experience. With Oreader I don't need to pan or reflow and can read scans or text pdfs. I don't need to scroll. I do next page like I would with an epub. It's a remarkable peice of software. It's based on alreader and is an excellent epub/mobo/etc reader too.
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