The Best PDF Ebook Reader
I have found the best pdf ebook reader.
Hint: It’s NOT the amazon Kindle.
The search for the best ebook reader specifically for PDF’s began back in Dec 2009. You can read my original article here.
The ability to read PDF files were the most important thing for me in deciding on which ebook reader I wanted to purchase. The vast majority of eBooks are released in PDF format. I looked at the Kindle, and even though it costs over $350, I was shocked to find this main feature lacking.
My final decision for a PDF ebook reader was to get a netbook.
A netbook is much smaller than a normal laptop PC, but it makes the perfect ebook reader, because it will read EVERY ebook format.
In fact, it supports PDF ebooks, EXE ebooks, Flip Books, TXT ebooks, NISO z39.86 ebooks, Plucker ebooks, CHM ebooks, DjVU ebooks, Comic reader, Newspapers, LIT format, HTML ebooks, eReader, Newton, Epub, and just about every other format in existance, because this ebook reader is a netbook that runs on Windows XP.
This also means that I can listen to audios and I can watch videos on this too!
In fact, my new PDF ebook reader (aka: Asus 1000HA) can double as a movie player to keep my kids occupied for long drives. I can even load it up with educational games. Of course, I have to admit that I browse the web a lot on it using the built in wireless, and I even do some writing on it is MS Works which came with it. I installed the entire OpenOffice suite on it too, so I have all my basics covered.
Now it does NOT have a DVD drive, because it is so small, but you can load this up with ebooks, MP3’s and even videos and movies using several different methods. Firstly, it has wireless built in, so if you have wireless at home you can connect to it this way. Secondly, it has a standard network port so you can connect it to your home network. Thirdly, it’s easy as pie to put your data on a USB stick and plug it into the netbook. Fourthly, it even has a card reader so you can use your SD card to transfer data or pictures.
Watch the video below to find out why I bought a different model than I had originally planned.
It’s much smaller than a laptop, as you can see in the video when I place the netbook onto a corner of my laptop.
To me, the choice is simple. Compare these two items, not only in price, but in what they can perform, and it really is a no brainer.
When you consider that this netbook is actually a few dollars CHEAPER than the Kindle or other limited ebook readers which lock you out of hundreds of options and keep you from viewing most of the popular formats (like PDF), I really feel it is a no brainer.
| ::amazon(“B00154JDAI&fc1”):: | ::amazon(“B001GIPSA2”):: |
It’s hard to believe that you can get the power of a an entire computer, including flash drive, usb ports, web cam, built in microphones (stereo), Dolby sound, full color screen, 160GB hard drive and a 1GB of ram, all for less than the price of the very limited Amazon Kindle 2.
The Audio Now!
ha ha. This is a no-brainer.
Except for a few show-offs with lots of cash to spare, the rest of us find it hard to believe that …
…the very limited Amazon Kindle 2, is more than the price of a netbbook, in which you can get the power of a an entire computer, including flash drive, usb ports, web cam, built in microphones (stereo), Dolby sound, full color screen, 160GB hard drive and a 1GB of ram.
Hey, you can even go for a MID like Nokia N800, which can read pdf and still has wi-fi and blue-tooth for half the price of a netbook
E-INK!!!!!
Kindle and many other e-readers have it..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_Ink
Johnny has a point there. E-ink is a non glare low electricity type of screen that is pretty fancy.
I don’t know if that makes up for all that it is lacking when compared to a fully functioning netbook though.
Hey man I got the same netbook as you. I fracking love this thing.
Here is a tip for ya. Take DVD movies and convert them to DIVX and put thos on the netbook.
BLAM
You gots yourself 35 movies on a portable player. Never rent a movie in a hotel again.
Wow, I am amazed and insulted that you would delete my comment. It was not spam, nor was it obscene or offensive. I didn’t even want a backlink. It was just an honest opinion and an additional option for reading e-books. It should have been obvious to you that I had invested a bit of time, energy, and thought on that information which I graciously shared here.
You could have at least had the decency to copy it into an email and send it back to me so that the time, energy, and thought I put into it would not be totally wasted.
Either someone has made it worth your while to promote that netbook, or you are a real peckerhead. Or more likely, both. Not the kind of person I would pay to send me junkmail every 3 days, that’s for certain.
Oooops..
So sorry. hehe, who’s the peckerhead now right?
um, yeah that would be me.
He didn’t delete my comment at all. It is just that this blog post looks and reads an awful lot like a different one from a while back, and I, like a fool, acted rashly. Well, you have my deepest apologies John. If I could take it back I would (I can with your help) Though I still wouldn’t pay you to send me junk mail every 3 days 😉 that whole new years spiel was hilarious.
Now if you wouldn’t mind just deleting both of these posts, hopefully we can just forget this childish little outburst of mine ever happened.
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