I read .pdf's. With graphs. And I'm sort of cheap.

dobalina · 01-05-2009, 12:30 PM

Hi. I think I know the answer to my question but I hope you'll help me make sure that I'm not overlooking anything.

In my job, I read a lot of .pdfs. Mostly annual/quarterly reports and financial statements, as well as chart-laden financial research published by various banks and brokers. Often, these documents are big, multi-colored, and graphics-intensive (for documents, that is).

I think that means I'm going to want 16-shade grayscale. And I think that means that bigger is better as far as screen size goes.

As I understand it, among existing readers, only the iRex products fit the bill. But thanks to the recent price hike (demand must be pretty strong to raise prices in this environment), the iRex products look expensive-- especially with price talk of $350 for the Astak Pro Mentor and $450 for the Plastic Logic Whatchamacalit. But these two devices appear to be showing schedule slippage.

So unless I want to wait an unknown amount of time, I'm going to have to bite the iRex bullet. Which means $700 for a mid-sized screen with wireless, or $850 for a large screen without wireless (and I can't now get a vanilla DR1000 without a stupid stylus-- which means I'm shelling out for a feature I absolutely don't want).

Do I understand all of this correctly? Have I made any unfounded (or overstated) assertions or assumptions?

Thank you.

DDHarriman · 01-05-2009, 03:31 PM

Nope. You have seen it correct.

Nate the great · 01-05-2009, 04:31 PM

You don't _have_ to get an Eink device. There are a number of cheap tablets on Ebay. I have the following, and it's pretty good with PDFs:

discussion
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...427#post294427

legacy support site:
http://www.la.viewsonic.com/support/...l100/#features

ebay auction:
http://search.ebay.com/airpanel-100_...dsreturnedZ300

I'm getting at least 5 hours battery life.

ProfJulie · 01-05-2009, 06:13 PM

I agree with Nate...and why would you ever want to spend the price it would take to get an iRex when you can get a fully functional tablet or netbook for less than an iRex? I saw one of these recently and it looks like a great choice:

HP Mini 1000 XP

DDHarriman · 01-06-2009, 07:32 AM

The HP Mini 1000 XP is not a Tabletpc, but just one more of today's crop of the so called "netbook" computers.
They are outstanding good, capable machines, and portable too, but they are no Tabletpcs.

ProfJulie · 01-06-2009, 12:19 PM

Yeah, I know it's not a tablet (I have an ASUS r2h tablet), but unless you have a specific need for a tablet, the HP looks like an affordable solution. I saw one at the store the other day and have been thinking about it ever since.

Andybaby · 01-07-2009, 11:25 PM

Asus is planning on a 8.9 EEE Tablet PC (got me on the release date, but in this market, you snooze you loose, and Asus was the first company to make a Netbook so i expect to see it within a few months)

01-05-2009, 12:30 PM	#1
dobalina Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: none	I read .pdf's. With graphs. And I'm sort of cheap. Hi. I think I know the answer to my question but I hope you'll help me make sure that I'm not overlooking anything. In my job, I read a lot of .pdfs. Mostly annual/quarterly reports and financial statements, as well as chart-laden financial research published by various banks and brokers. Often, these documents are big, multi-colored, and graphics-intensive (for documents, that is). I think that means I'm going to want 16-shade grayscale. And I think that means that bigger is better as far as screen size goes. As I understand it, among existing readers, only the iRex products fit the bill. But thanks to the recent price hike (demand must be pretty strong to raise prices in this environment), the iRex products look expensive-- especially with price talk of $350 for the Astak Pro Mentor and $450 for the Plastic Logic Whatchamacalit. But these two devices appear to be showing schedule slippage. So unless I want to wait an unknown amount of time, I'm going to have to bite the iRex bullet. Which means $700 for a mid-sized screen with wireless, or $850 for a large screen without wireless (and I can't now get a vanilla DR1000 without a stupid stylus-- which means I'm shelling out for a feature I absolutely don't want). Do I understand all of this correctly? Have I made any unfounded (or overstated) assertions or assumptions? Thank you.

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01-05-2009, 03:31 PM	#2
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	Nope. You have seen it correct.

01-05-2009, 04:31 PM	#3
Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	You don't _have_ to get an Eink device. There are a number of cheap tablets on Ebay. I have the following, and it's pretty good with PDFs: discussion https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...427#post294427 legacy support site: http://www.la.viewsonic.com/support/...l100/#features ebay auction: http://search.ebay.com/airpanel-100_...dsreturnedZ300 I'm getting at least 5 hours battery life.

01-05-2009, 06:13 PM	#4
ProfJulie Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 890 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: whatever	I agree with Nate...and why would you ever want to spend the price it would take to get an iRex when you can get a fully functional tablet or netbook for less than an iRex? I saw one of these recently and it looks like a great choice: HP Mini 1000 XP

01-06-2009, 07:32 AM	#5
DDHarriman Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 4380 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Almada, Portugal Device: Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS 505, Kindle DXG and Samsung Galaxy Note	The HP Mini 1000 XP is not a Tabletpc, but just one more of today's crop of the so called "netbook" computers. They are outstanding good, capable machines, and portable too, but they are no Tabletpcs.

01-06-2009, 12:19 PM	#6
ProfJulie Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 890 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: USA Device: whatever	Yeah, I know it's not a tablet (I have an ASUS r2h tablet), but unless you have a specific need for a tablet, the HP looks like an affordable solution. I saw one at the store the other day and have been thinking about it ever since.

01-07-2009, 11:25 PM	#7
Andybaby Wizard Posts: 1,279 Karma: 1002683 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: New York Device: PRS-700	Asus is planning on a 8.9 EEE Tablet PC (got me on the release date, but in this market, you snooze you loose, and Asus was the first company to make a Netbook so i expect to see it within a few months)

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