Is anyone getting the Amazon Kindle 8.9?? Need a tablet for PDF's
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In my opinion 4:3 aspect ratio is a better option for pdfs than 16:9/10. ipad 3 with high ppi(excellent fonts) and 4:3 aspect ratio will be perfect. If you need to save money then kindle fire hd 8.9 too will be fine with good enough ppi, just not great. 7" is definitely a no go. Do consider nook hd+ too, as it's more wider than fire with 15:10 aspect ratio.
I think you can look at nexus 10. It would be the best suited for magazines etc since it has a much higher ppi than all the other devices mentioned here.
http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...e-nexus-10-apple-ipad-20121029,0,980562.story
Depends on a lot of factors
How long you read?
A lot: Go for 7 inchers, Nexus 7 or Blackberry playbook or Kindle Fire HD
Very Little: Go for an iPad 2 to save money or an iPad 3/4 if you have the cash to splurge
Where do you read them?
Outdoors? eInk is the only option and their PDF support just sucks
Indoors? Decide on the reading duration and run with it.
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I would suggest a second hand BB Playbook just bcs its cheap, robust, branded and has a very good screen
But yes a 7 inch screen might not be the best size for reading picture rich PDFs.
How long you read?
A lot: Go for 7 inchers, Nexus 7 or Blackberry playbook or Kindle Fire HD
Very Little: Go for an iPad 2 to save money or an iPad 3/4 if you have the cash to splurge
Where do you read them?
Outdoors? eInk is the only option and their PDF support just sucks
Indoors? Decide on the reading duration and run with it.
Low Price
I would suggest a second hand BB Playbook just bcs its cheap, robust, branded and has a very good screen
But yes a 7 inch screen might not be the best size for reading picture rich PDFs.
Try an app called mantano. The free version has reflow & crop.
9.7 or 10.1 is ideal for reading A4 size pdfs. 9.7 is actually a 5% larger screen than 10.1 so you can read in portrait orientation with it.
10.1 screen in landscape gives a 8.5 inch page width so A4 can be read without any modification. If you do not read A4 size pdfs then a smaller size screen will suffice. I had no choice but to get 10.1 as 90% of PDF's i read are A4 size.
If you need to remove margins and have smaller screens a more permanent cropping solution is to use a utility called k2pdfopt. Its free and very well made.
Thing with pdf's is it depends on the file size i find single core tablets tend to struggle, scroll and then wait for it to render etc.
Dual core is better. You need a minimum of 1GB RAM.
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If you stick to kindles & nooks yes.
But there are other options like Onxy 9.7 M92, goes under the name Icarus excel in the US. double the price and can handle large pdfs (10-20MB) without issue. No touch screen though so i'm holding off until they get that.