03-23-2007, 04:19 PM | #1 |
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E-book advice for a geeky Mac user :)
Hi all,
My first post here After reading this forum for the last couple of days, I still can't make a decision on which E-book reader should I buy. I would really appreciate if you can give me an advice. The conditions are: - I am a happy Powerbook G4 user. If e-book content requires conversion to some special format, there should be Mac / Unix tools for doing that. Not to mention connectivity, of course - I think I will use e-book device mostly for reading non-ascii texts (Russian, e.g. http://www.lib.ru/INOFANT/BRADBURY/farengejt.txt) and technical HTML documentation (e.g. http://www.docbook.org/tdg5/en/html/docbook.html). HTML formatting and hyperlinks should be preserved (conversion to plain text is not acceptable). - Good battery life Would be nice: - PDF support - Searching in HTML documentation - Nice design And it should be available in Europe (Holland). Internet ordering from reliable source is acceptable too. So many demands, so little choice Any opinion? Thanks in advance. |
04-27-2007, 10:39 PM | #2 |
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I'm wondering too....wait for the Kindle? Probably a much better e-experience shopping on Amazon. The question is how long do we wait and will the Kindle have Mac support?
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04-28-2007, 02:24 PM | #3 | |
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The first is to look at Mobipocket support, since Amazon owns Mobipocket and probably the Kindle is based on Mobipocket software. Mobipocket has good Windows PC support, but only "pass through" Linux/Mac support as explained here. The second is to point out that the Kindle will have a cell phone network based method of downloading content. This has the big advantage (e.g. over the Sony Reader, which only supports Windows PCs) of not requiring any computer to act as an intermediary, but the disadvantage of probably only working in some parts of the world. |
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04-29-2007, 01:19 AM | #4 | |
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