Comments on: An E-reader for an Academic http://www.laislique.com/blog/2011/01/an-e-reader-for-an-academic/ Mon, 13 May 2013 08:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Richard http://www.laislique.com/blog/2011/01/an-e-reader-for-an-academic/#comment-368 Richard Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:40:48 +0000 http://www.laislique.com/blog/?p=1864#comment-368 Hi,

I picked up a kindle DX about two months ago and it has been excellent for reading pdf’s with diagrams and the highlighting note taking function is useable…

So much so that I am not kicking myself for missing the new kindle releases this month:)

It is possible that the DX will start to appear as a discounted item. If so I can heartily recommend picking one up! There isnt anything else of the size that has the readability.

If they made a touchscreen dx it would be the only choice for academic pdfs.

R

]]> By: Aleksie http://www.laislique.com/blog/2011/01/an-e-reader-for-an-academic/#comment-312 Aleksie Mon, 23 May 2011 17:35:50 +0000 http://www.laislique.com/blog/?p=1864#comment-312 I haven’t had a chance to update, but my Sony e-reader (Daily Edition) had a hardware failure of sorts; a black line appeared, regardless of whether power was on or off. I’m waiting for its return.

The Daily Edition is far from perfect but seems to do the job okay prior to the hardware failure; it handles text PDFs decently, though sometimes it splits words oddly. It handles image PDFs okay; some of them were still pretty small but legible for me to get through.

In many respects, I think paper may be the best solution. Best of luck in your search.

]]> By: Ben http://www.laislique.com/blog/2011/01/an-e-reader-for-an-academic/#comment-311 Ben Mon, 23 May 2011 17:30:06 +0000 http://www.laislique.com/blog/?p=1864#comment-311 I am in the exact same situation. I tested the Nook today and was not impressed. I’m leaning towards the Kindle, but I don’t think it’s really what I want. Please let me know if you found a good solution.

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