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The thing preventing me from buying an e-reader: Being able to scribble on it. It's very helpful when reading dense technical books. That and if I'm buying a bo

The thing preventing me from buying an e-reader: Being able to scribble on it. It's very helpful when reading dense technical books. That and if I'm buying a book, I don't want to deal with battery power - so e-ink or nothing. The display size for paper textbooks is much larger too.

lizard 13y ago
The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 with Mantano Reader Premium works pretty well for me. Mantano Reader has S-pen support for annotating pages free hand. Annotation creates a copy of the page that is separate from the document which isn't ideal (I'd prefer a layer on the document), but works. It also has multi-color text highlighting and bookmarks for some other options to move around and keep notes. I find the size and weight of the Galaxy Note 8.0 preferable to larger tablets, much better than a dense technical books, and easier to carry around than printed journal articles. I sometimes have to zoom in to read documents with 2 or 3 column layouts, but Mantano Reader handles that pretty fluidly. The battery life has been more than satisfactory so far. On a busy day I'll use it to take notes or brainstorm in the morning, my girlfriend will draw on it in the evening, and I can still usually get a few hours reading at night. It's not perfect and may not be suitable for everyone, but for me it was enough to get over that chasm between technology and the traditional way.
cbhl 13y ago
I find the Kindle app for Android and Kindle Cloud Reader have pretty good support for electronic highlighting and note-taking. Not sure about the Kindle hardware devices though.
ezequiel-garzon 13y ago
Sony's Digital Paper looks promising... and pricey! [1] [1] http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Digital-Paper-Has-13-3-Inch-Touchscreen-E-Ink-Display-Will-Cost-1-000-746-398334.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Digital-Paper-Has-13-3-I...
- SapphireSun 13y ago
  That's really cool! Thanks for the tip. :)

lizard 13y ago

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 with Mantano Reader Premium works pretty well for me. Mantano Reader has S-pen support for annotating pages free hand. Annotation creates a copy of the page that is separate from the document which isn't ideal (I'd prefer a layer on the document), but works. It also has multi-color text highlighting and bookmarks for some other options to move around and keep notes. I find the size and weight of the Galaxy Note 8.0 preferable to larger tablets, much better than a dense technical books, and easier to carry around than printed journal articles. I sometimes have to zoom in to read documents with 2 or 3 column layouts, but Mantano Reader handles that pretty fluidly. The battery life has been more than satisfactory so far. On a busy day I'll use it to take notes or brainstorm in the morning, my girlfriend will draw on it in the evening, and I can still usually get a few hours reading at night. It's not perfect and may not be suitable for everyone, but for me it was enough to get over that chasm between technology and the traditional way.

cbhl 13y ago

I find the Kindle app for Android and Kindle Cloud Reader have pretty good support for electronic highlighting and note-taking. Not sure about the Kindle hardware devices though.

ezequiel-garzon 13y ago

Sony's Digital Paper looks promising... and pricey! [1] [1] http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Digital-Paper-Has-13-3-Inch-Touchscreen-E-Ink-Display-Will-Cost-1-000-746-398334.shtml http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sony-Digital-Paper-Has-13-3-I...

SapphireSun 13y ago
That's really cool! Thanks for the tip. :)