I need info on the DR1000s for "searching with in" .pdf files

[cs2501]

Hey all,

I'm a classics major. That basically means I have to carry wayyyy to many books around with me. I already scan books and read them on my tablet pc, but I have to read A LOT (300-500 pages a week). So... I want to get a digital reader, but it MUST be able to run searches.

I just deal with way too much information to not be able to search it. Lets put it this way, eye strain with search is better for me than no eye strain with no search. Heck, having my fingers shocked, smashed or bitten by wild animals with a search function is better than no eye strain with no search for me.

SO! I DESPERATELY (please? ) need some in-depth information on how well the 1000s can search with in a file. I use OCR programs on my scanned books, so I am not real sure which format would be best on the 1000s. I typically use it in .doc or .pdf . I really am not sure which would be the best format for running "in document" searches on a e-reader. I know the illiad and the 1000s are the two best out there, but I am un-sure how "dependable" the search feature is.

Can someone please enlighten me?

[Gogolo]

pdf search iLiad: no
doc search iLiad: maybe with abiword installed (but I dont find it comfortable to work with abiword on iLiad)

pdf search DR1000: yes
doc search DR1000: no (there is even no viewer for it)


The pdf search of the DR1000 is quite nice and fast.

I think FBreader which can be installed both on DR1000 and iLiad can do a search.

If you decide between iLiad and DR1000: Do you often read documents in Letter or A4 format? Then its the DR1000.

Gogolo

[cs2501]

Originally Posted by Gogolo

Do you often read documents in Letter or A4 format? Then its the DR1000.

Gogolo

I have a scanner (50 pages a Min. 200 sheet feeder) and I use Omni Page to format them. So, i can put them in any format I want.

Since I am not format dependent, would the Iliad work just as well?

More questions about the search.
-Does it tab up, or what does it look like?
-How do you go between instances of a word?
-Can you book mark, or make some "break" where I can get back to that instance quickly?

Thanks

[igorsk]

300-500 pages a week is "a lot"? And that's for a literature major?...

[wallcraft]

Originally Posted by cs2501

I just deal with way too much information to not be able to search it. Lets put it this way, eye strain with search is better for me than no eye strain with no search.

The Kindle is the only current ebook reader that does search across all your content, not just the current document. The downsides are its 6" screen and the fact that essentially its only format is MOBI, so you have to convert your PDFs to MOBI (Amazon will do this via e-mail, or you can use Windows MobiPocket Reader). Note that Amazon is likely to produce a larger screen "student" ebook reader next year, and it will presumably have full device search like the Kindle.

On the iLiad and the DR1000S, FBReader can search the current document but it can't bookmark. It supports MOBI and RTF. I'm not sure what the Java MobiPocket Reader can do on the iLiad and the DR1000S, but it may be able to search and bookmark. So converting (text) PDFs to MOBI may be advantageous here too.

[cs2501]

Originally Posted by wallcraft

Note that Amazon is likely to produce a larger screen "student" ebook reader next year, and it will presumably have full device search like the Kindle.

Thanks,

Yeah, I don't like the tiny low quality screen, but I have heard about the new "student kindle". I think I'm going to just buy a huge back pack and hold off on buying anything until I see some more e-readers.

Originally Posted by igorsk

300-500 pages a week is "a lot"? And that's for a literature major?...

It is more or less ancient literature, history and language. So, lots of history books, ancient literature and language (Greek & Latin) study.

[Gogolo]

300-500 pages a week is "a lot"? And that's for a literature major?...

Are you serious about this comment?

I do not think the amount of read pages makes the inventive mind.

Gogolo

[cs2501]

Originally Posted by Gogolo

Are you serious about this comment?

I do not think the amount of read pages makes the inventive mind.

Gogolo

I am not even kind of joking I am a very fast reader though. Another turn off to e-ink is the slow page flip speed. I should not give out my school's name, but when Princeton, Cambridge, Yale or any other top name school is having trouble, they call us

I don't think I'm supposed to be having an inventive mind, just one that is able to remember stupid amounts of information and spit it back out.

[Senkrad_Luna]

Originally Posted by cs2501

I don't think I'm supposed to be having an inventive mind, just one that is able to remember stupid amounts of information and spit it back out.

Ah, yes! The education system in a nut shell. If it were less common it might be funny.

[harryE123]

Originally Posted by cs2501

I don't think I'm supposed to be having an inventive mind, just one that is able to remember stupid amounts of information and spit it back out.

phhhh.....so true, so boring.

[cs2501]

Well , there are merits to memorizing Masaive amounts of infoation. I think the higher the bar is set interns of general knowlage about what ever feild you plan on entering..:: the better equipped you will be when you reach the graduate level. In graduate school I do agree creativity and personal development is paramount..

[harryE123]

Originally Posted by cs2501

Well , there are merits to memorizing Masaive amounts of infoation. I think the higher the bar is set interns of general knowlage about what ever feild you plan on entering..:: the better equipped you will be when you reach the graduate level. In graduate school I do agree creativity and personal development is paramount..

not imo, you can learn many diverging, fragmented, wide ranging sorts of information and yet develop your critical thinking at a minimal level...as if most of those bozos that teach all the lectures have some sort of clear picture of each field, they just know their particular sub-sub-sub specialty and that's about it. Eventually in graduate level you ll only have to learn your own sub sub sub specialty and all the other enormous amounts of infromation they've been forcing down your throat will be completely irrelevant....been there, done that...it is a miracle how in most demanding schools, and these are a few, very few, they don't stifle your creativity completely by the time you get to graduate school.