Amazon responds... lol. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_70020_21439970_pe_hero/?ASIN=B0051QVESA
If I was to pick one of these two up, what would you guys recommend? On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Rafael Troncoso <[email protected]> wrote: > If you want to read technical books this is not for you. I own one of these > and they are great for reading novels, but when you put a pdf with some kind > of format the text is all screwed. > I also have been looking for a reader for technical papers and your best > option is the kindle dx, but I also read some bad reviews when converting > such papers. > > On Oct 15, 2011 9:31 AM, "Chad Bailey" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> For those interested, here's a direct link: >> >> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/nook1-overview/379002696/ >> >> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Chad Bailey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Thanks for taking the time to point this out, Tim. Marshall, Tim's >> > description says, "Primary document formats for Nook are ePub and >> > PDF." This tells me the answer to your question is yes, it natively >> > supports PDF. I'm not sure about that, just going off of this scrap of >> > info. If you want to know for sure, there's always Google. >> > >> > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Marshall Davis <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> I am looking for a reader for PDF version books. A friend said he loved >> >> his Kindle (original), but it was horrible for technical books (like >> >> O'reilly or Dummies) due to having to convert PDF to another format, which >> >> did strange things to code snippet boxes. Does this handle PDF natively? I >> >> am wondering if I should just get a low cost android tablet, as battery >> >> life >> >> isn't that big of a deal. Suggestions? Thanks! >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> On Oct 13, 2011, at 8:34 AM, Tim Holloway <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> One more thing. This was advertised on the web, with free shipping and >> >>> handling. I don't know if it applies in-store or not. In fact, I'm not >> >>> sure if they still carry it in stores. >> >>> >> >>> Tim >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >>> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> >>> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> >>> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >>> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 >> RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml >> Unsubscribe [email protected] >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
