Kindle or e-reader work for 4e pdfs?

[tenkar]

As for battery life. . . yeah, that's an issue. Only the Eee PC has battery life comparable to that of a reader or PDA, and even then, only with a six cell battery. My Aspire can go for roughly four hours on such a battery, while the Eee PC can go roughly six.

There's a hack to keep the fan from constantly running (the Acer One runs pretty cool even with the fan off). Makes it silent and extends battery life and the fan kicks in when needed instead of always on. Google it or send me a pm and I'll find it for you.

 

[evilgenius8000]

Hey all. I own an Asus EEEpc 900... It's one of their netbooks. It's really portable (weighs about 1 lb and is around 8x6x1 when closed. It can read PDFs just fine, however it will never be able to run operating systems that take up a lot of resources (like Vista). I have it running a stripped down version of Ubuntu Hardy, and it functions pretty well besides an occasional bit of slowdown. There is a downside to the portability, however... its battery life is only 2 hours, despite a lot of powersaving tweaks to the OS. There is an available, bigger battery, but it would add around an extra pound of weight onto the netbook. Overall, though, it's pretty neat.

 

[Turjan]

I think the sweet spot of netbooks is the 10(.2)" screen. That's big enough for most reading if you are past your thirties, and the Asus 6-cell battery gives you at least 5 hours of operating time. Highly recommended .

 

[Turjan]

A "normal" laptop isnt as portable as an e-book reader or one of the small net-books. If you want to use it while commuting a full-sized laptop is going to be awkward in most situations.

That's right, it doesn't fit the table on a plane very well. On the other hand, it has enough oompfh to slap it over your neighbor's head. I'd call it a wash .

 

[Plane Sailing]

Yes, but only if you have net access or it's in your downloaded email. Then the email pdf viewer is not the same as the web based one. I love the web based pdf viewer but I would VERY much like to put PDF's on my iphone.

The solution is available from the App store, and works very nicely.

Avatron Software Products

Air Share is cheap and allows you to wirelessly connect to you PC, from whence you can drag and drop your pdfs onto it and view them at your leisure. I've got a couple of the free Dragon pdfs (around issue 366?) which I've put on my iPod touch and it works beautifully.

Cheers

 

[jdsivyer]

i'm typing this on an acer one 8.9" mini notebook. windows xp for the o/s and it is a great pdf reader. probably better then my 22" lcd as the size seems more natural. runs about $350 or so on amazon.

Exactly the same thing I'm typing this on...I travel a lot, and it's perfect for my needs

 

[darjr]

The solution is available from the App store...

Avatron Software Products

...drop your pdfs onto it...

This is awesome. Thank you. I'll get this ASAP.

 

[jdrakeh]

There's a hack to keep the fan from constantly running (the Acer One runs pretty cool even with the fan off). Makes it silent and extends battery life and the fan kicks in when needed instead of always on. Google it or send me a pm and I'll find it for you.

Thanks, but I just flashed the new BIOS and it seems to have helped a lot with the fan/battery issues (I also downloaded a fan control program, which is great).

 

[Prism]

I'm holding out for the (as yet unnamed) device from Plastic Logic.

8.5 x 11 plastic (unbreakable?) screen with liquid ink. Running (I think) Windows Mobile, with a primary market of business document users, so with built-in support for MS Office and pdf files.

Due Q2 09, apparently. Plastic Logic Home

Yeah, this is the one for me too if its as good as it looks. The main benefit being its larger size for full page viewing. I could see me replacing all my work manuals/docs and d&d books with something like this

 

[Calico_Jack73]

Yeah, this is the one for me too if its as good as it looks. The main benefit being its larger size for full page viewing. I could see me replacing all my work manuals/docs and d&d books with something like this

I will SOOOOOO be buying one of those when it comes out!