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I'm still waiting for the economically priced A4 black and white e-reader for reading research papers on.

by Marazan 10y ago

arviewer 10y ago
Hopefully this will make your dream come through. I hope for an e-reader that has lots more CPU power, which will process PDF fast and properly.
- RottenHuman 10y ago
  Have you tried using your E Reader as a VNC client? I did that with my Kobo to use my Laptop in daylight and it worked quite well.
aedron 10y ago
You and me both. Luckily my Kindle DX still has some fight left in it, but I will miss it when it finally kicks.
bres 10y ago
Your comment just made me realise how much I want such device. An A4, 300-ppi ereader would be godsent.
- drited 10y ago
  This 13.3 inch device which is 300ppi and runs on Android is in pre-release, expected to ship in volume within a month or so. http://www.amazon.com/Onyx-13-3-Android-Flexible-Handwriting/dp/B01EVACVHY http://www.amazon.com/Onyx-13-3-Android-Flexible-Handwriting...
  - creshal 10y ago
    Android 4.0, obsolete and out of any form of support since late 2012. I hope you don't plan to connect this to the internet.
    - drited 10y ago
      "Android 4.0, obsolete and out of any form of support since late 2012. I hope you don't plan to connect this to the internet." I'll ignore the snarkiness of this comment. There aren't any other 13.3 inch e ink readers out there that run on the latest version of Android. Furthermore, Onyx have announced upgrades are coming for the Boox Max. Also, Android support contrasts this device to say the Kindle DX which you can't use with your favourite reading apps etc.
    - dave2000 10y ago
      Why, what would happen? Would it be worse than using, say, an S3? If you're talking about security, you'd be fine if you didn't do any shopping/banking etc. It's an dreaded essentially.
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f_allwein 10y ago
IPad works really well for me for reading pdf papers. Plus, with an app like iAnnotate, it's easy to highlight text and add notes, which is cumbersome on kindle.
- superuser2 10y ago
  Some people (myself included) cannot read long-form content on backlit screens.
IshKebab 10y ago
I'm sure it will come out soon... :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Logic#The_QUE_proReader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Logic#The_QUE_proReade...
drited 10y ago
Onyx Boox Max 13.3 preorders are shipping now and is up on Amazon.
- johanvts 10y ago
  Only entry I can find says "Currently unavailable" and does not list a price. But looks just like the Sony DP, hopefully it's a lot cheaper?
  - drited 10y ago
    It's €650 I believe. Specs are much better than Sony DP plus it runs Android so you can get apps from the app store. I thought it was 300dpi but just read a bit more and I think it's actualy 207dpi. There are people who got devices in the preorder discussing it here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267140&page=33 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267140&pag... There's also a few videos on Youtube, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXRWQJOclI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXRWQJOclI *Edit: €585 before tax, €696 incl tax: http://ereader-store.de/en/28-13-3-display http://ereader-store.de/en/28-13-3-display
johanvts 10y ago
Yes, how is this still 800$. http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-digitalpaper/resource.solutions.bbsccms-assets-show-digitalpaper-digitalpaper.shtml http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-digitalpaper/resource.solu... I wish someone would try to compete.
mpitt 10y ago
I'm more interested in "responsive" research papers. Once you write your source in LaTeX, it shouldn't be difficult to compile it in a format that fits on a regular e-book reader.
- creshal 10y ago
  Pandoc does this reasonably well already in my experience. (Assuming you have access to the source tex files, of course.)
tetraodonpuffer 10y ago
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/good-e-reader-is-launching-a-13-3-inch-e-reader http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/good-e-reader... hopefully this will come out at some point
Tcepsa 10y ago
Not sure if you count ~$700 as "economically priced" but there are folks working on one as an IndieGogo project: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reader#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reade...

I'm still waiting for the economically priced A4 black and white e-reader for reading research papers on.

by Marazan 10y ago

I'm still waiting for the economically priced A4 black and white e-reader for reading research papers on.

Hopefully this will make your dream come through. I hope for an e-reader that has lots more CPU power, which will process PDF fast and properly.

RottenHuman 10y ago
Have you tried using your E Reader as a VNC client? I did that with my Kobo to use my Laptop in daylight and it worked quite well.

aedron 10y ago

You and me both. Luckily my Kindle DX still has some fight left in it, but I will miss it when it finally kicks.

bres 10y ago

Your comment just made me realise how much I want such device. An A4, 300-ppi ereader would be godsent.

drited 10y ago
This 13.3 inch device which is 300ppi and runs on Android is in pre-release, expected to ship in volume within a month or so. http://www.amazon.com/Onyx-13-3-Android-Flexible-Handwriting/dp/B01EVACVHY http://www.amazon.com/Onyx-13-3-Android-Flexible-Handwriting...
- creshal 10y ago
  Android 4.0, obsolete and out of any form of support since late 2012. I hope you don't plan to connect this to the internet.
  - drited 10y ago
    "Android 4.0, obsolete and out of any form of support since late 2012. I hope you don't plan to connect this to the internet." I'll ignore the snarkiness of this comment. There aren't any other 13.3 inch e ink readers out there that run on the latest version of Android. Furthermore, Onyx have announced upgrades are coming for the Boox Max. Also, Android support contrasts this device to say the Kindle DX which you can't use with your favourite reading apps etc.
  - dave2000 10y ago
    Why, what would happen? Would it be worse than using, say, an S3? If you're talking about security, you'd be fine if you didn't do any shopping/banking etc. It's an dreaded essentially.
- deleted 10y ago
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f_allwein 10y ago

IPad works really well for me for reading pdf papers. Plus, with an app like iAnnotate, it's easy to highlight text and add notes, which is cumbersome on kindle.

superuser2 10y ago
Some people (myself included) cannot read long-form content on backlit screens.

IshKebab 10y ago

I'm sure it will come out soon... :-( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Logic#The_QUE_proReader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_Logic#The_QUE_proReade...

drited 10y ago

Onyx Boox Max 13.3 preorders are shipping now and is up on Amazon.

johanvts 10y ago
Only entry I can find says "Currently unavailable" and does not list a price. But looks just like the Sony DP, hopefully it's a lot cheaper?
- drited 10y ago
  It's €650 I believe. Specs are much better than Sony DP plus it runs Android so you can get apps from the app store. I thought it was 300dpi but just read a bit more and I think it's actualy 207dpi. There are people who got devices in the preorder discussing it here: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267140&page=33 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=267140&pag... There's also a few videos on Youtube, like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXRWQJOclI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXRWQJOclI *Edit: €585 before tax, €696 incl tax: http://ereader-store.de/en/28-13-3-display http://ereader-store.de/en/28-13-3-display

johanvts 10y ago

Yes, how is this still 800$. http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-digitalpaper/resource.solutions.bbsccms-assets-show-digitalpaper-digitalpaper.shtml http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/show-digitalpaper/resource.solu... I wish someone would try to compete.

mpitt 10y ago

I'm more interested in "responsive" research papers. Once you write your source in LaTeX, it shouldn't be difficult to compile it in a format that fits on a regular e-book reader.

creshal 10y ago
Pandoc does this reasonably well already in my experience. (Assuming you have access to the source tex files, of course.)

tetraodonpuffer 10y ago

http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/good-e-reader-is-launching-a-13-3-inch-e-reader http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/good-e-reader... hopefully this will come out at some point

Tcepsa 10y ago

Not sure if you count ~$700 as "economically priced" but there are folks working on one as an IndieGogo project: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reader#/ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/13-3-inch-android-e-reade...