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Still waiting for an ereader with a screen > 9" and good PDF support. The Kindle DX is oh-so-close, but it doesn't support PDF table of contents or annotations. A touch screen would also be nice. Anyone aware of any other products that meet these criteria?



I have an Entourage Edge and it does have a nice big screen, I I know it supports PDF's I use them all the time. Not positive about table of contents support, but I can try that out in a bit.

It does have a lot of issues though. It has two screens, one e-ink, and one LCD. It uses Android 1.6 right now and has no access to the Android Market. The company that makes it has minimal resources and they are really not supportive of developers. The LCD screen is resistive touch and its responsiveness isn't great. You can get a very long time on a charge if you make sure to turn the LCD off while you are reading.It isn't the worlds greatest e-reader, but it might suit your requirements where nothing else does.


Interesting, thanks for the heads up. I'm going to wait for a device with a single, big screen though.


If the Plastic Logic E-reader was out I would suggest looking at that. I played with it for about 30 minutes and interviewed a lead developer.

It was a super light, easy to ready, all e-ink, 8.5x11 touch screen. It worked great in my hands, but they had manufacturing issues, and delayed retails sales multiple times, and finally canceled that version. If it rears it's head in retail shelves giv it a look.


It's called an "iPad". I know it's not an e-ink device but, for reading any tech book (or, in fact, anything nonsequential), the iPad (with Goodreader) is WAY better.


I would love it if the iPad met my needs, but I find extended reading difficult on backlit LCDs.


Notion ink Adam is really the only thing on the horizon. Since it runs android you can use any android pdf reader and since it has a pixelQi screen it should have decent battery life and a nice readable screen.

Only downside is it's not actually available yet. Pre-orders should be starting soon though.


The Adam looks like it has some serious potential. Not sure how the Pixel Qi screens will compare to eInk for reading though.




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