12-30-2010, 12:08 PM | #46 |
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Thank you. I will think about it in - say - a couple of months and decide after that. A pity though. I have thought about the iRex DR1000 (too expensive; later iRex went bankrupt), waited on the Plastic Logic QUE (never came on the market). There are not that many 9+ inch eInk readers available. Will keep an eye on the Hanlin V90.
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12-30-2010, 01:04 PM | #47 |
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I've started a writeup of some of my early impressions of PocketBook 903.
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Thanks LoneTech for all the information. It's good that a couple more threads started to pop up with impressions on the 903. Here's hoping for a 720p review on Youtube.
The 903's annotation [in]capability has been clarified. I hope for you, and all the other buyers of 903s, that PocketBook will be able to evolve the firmware so as to make good use of that stylus, at the very least to support annotations written to external files. However, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for this to happen. If they would've been capable to add rich, innovative and ergonomic functionality around the stylus, they would've made this before the product started to ship with such rudimentary stylus support and with bugs able to bring it to a freeze. Let's hope CES will show us next week a better alternative. |
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That mention is because they've managed to handle the Sony's note format. The PocketBook uses plain bmp for the scribbles and screenshots, so there's not much to that. Jarnal itself is in Java, so would be considerably harder to port than Xournal, probably... and we still need the SDK to do anything at all.
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I wouldn't say dumb - it is at least a piece of free software. It's much more feasible than, say, Windows Journal.
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Seeing some video's the last few days and checking the Entourage Edge section here and their own forum made me understand the value of the extra screen. A good way to annotate PDF's is a must for me, so this seems like the best device out there for my scribbling needs. Too bad the Entourage Edge is so heavy and battery life isn't that great, but I take that for granted. |
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In this thread in the German forum they say the SDK will be available in May...
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What the heck, mtravellerh? Four extra months for publishing tools you already have? And what "english version" - the SDK doesn't even have documentation!
Let's not forget that you have no legal basis for withholding the source to the GPL and LGPL software you completely rely on and have already spread in binary form, violating their license. This is not only shameful but insulting. Last edited by LoneTech; 01-04-2011 at 07:52 PM. |
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Besides that. The PB 903 has everthing you want (and more) for a e-reader. And After all. I think I-pad/ tablets is no substitute for e-ink, because: after a day behind a computer screen, the e-reader is very nice to look and read at. The tablets are no good for the eye. Besides that.... The battery life is horrible good. I had my PB for 3 weeks not loaded and still good battery. A tablet is drinking energy like an alcoholic needs his drink. An e-reader is totaly different. |
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That's why I got myself a Kindle DX
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I think the Kindle DX is superior from an eink technology point of view (Pearl screen), its system software is more stable than 903's and generally its hardware is much better aligned with its purpose. The touch screen in the 903 is pointless without capability for annotations while the KDX has a useful physical keyboard. The most pleasant surprise I had with the KDX is that it is capable to display annotations in PDF files. You can't edit them but you can see them. So if I annotate a PDF on my workstation with underlines, highlights, added text, etc, I can see those annotations on KDX. It was a wonderful surprise and now I read my ebooks and record my annotations using my Android phone and a software that records voice in a structured way. In this way I can add/modify my annotations when I'm on my PC and still see them on my ereader. If I would really want to capture annotations on my KDX I would have to convert the papers I read from PDF into something else, and then the KDX can also add/edit annotations. But I don't want to go through the hassle of converting the PDFs and, for now, I can live with the limitations of the KDX. |
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it's indeed disgusting, that pb, is not able to use the good hardware made by foxconn.
Annotation support in pdf - files is a neccessity, and it wouldn't be that hard to implement. But pb has prooved to be weak at programming, they seem quite incompetent, the update 2.0.5 is just inacceptable as the result of "3 month of development". And don't forget that pb repeat all the time, that they are doing just ebook reader and nothing else and that's why they can concentrate on the software. :PP It's ridiculos how buggy pb software is compared to sony. It's inacceptable that zoomed pdf-files can not be navigated fully. When you zoom a file, it's possible that not all parts can be accessed !!! It's horrible, and incredible!! I mean, i payed for a "pro-device" and then it has such horrible bugs, and which are not solved for about half year now, and there is still no hope that they will be improved. There are a lot of bugs that i reported, and i was promised that they will be solved at next update, and this didn't happen! |
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Kindle DX or PB 903 both horrible
We agree on the lack of PB and it is a huge disappointment. (althought i am hooked on Sudoku). But we disagree on the possibility of e-ink. But, who am I to argue about the nice to have features on tablets. They are also a very fine technology to have.
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