Hi,
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
> normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
> it would be useful.
>
> On another note, part of my Open uni studies requires me to read
On Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:34:01 - (UTC), TT Mooney wrote:
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open /
read
normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is
the
case it would be useful.
I have a Kindle 3G (
> Hi
>
> this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to others.
>
> Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
> normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
> it would be useful.
>
> On another note, part of my Open uni stu
On 24 March 2011 07:10, Sean Miller wrote:
> I've heard significantly more "romantic" descriptions of books in print
> than "dead tree version" ;-)
>
> I shall never, myself, be a great advocate of things like the Kindle... I
> spend all day looking at a screen programming, or in my part time job
Sean
I shall never, myself, be a great advocate of things like the Kindle... I
> spend all day looking at a screen programming, or in my part time job at
> Morrisons supporting self-scans and working on tills, so when I want to "get
> away and relax" the last thing I want is an electronic screen.
Hi all,
Again, I am late to the discussion but I thought that I would add my two
cents worth!
I have always preferred to read conventional books. Then my daughter
bought one of the original Kindles. The 'liquid paper screen' was very
readable. As I live in Greece where we tend to have slight
I've heard significantly more "romantic" descriptions of books in print than
"dead tree version" ;-)
I shall never, myself, be a great advocate of things like the Kindle... I
spend all day looking at a screen programming, or in my part time job at
Morrisons supporting self-scans and working on til
A bit late to the party, but..
I bought a Kindle as a way of reading the many manuals/tutorials/books that
are now downloadable. To save me printing them out.
The Kindle works with PDFs, but without the re-flow capability that you get
with the mobi based Kindle formatted books. This means the onl
On 23 Mar 2011, at 23:13, LeeGroups wrote:
>
>> On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
>>> Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
>>> normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
>>> it would be useful.
>> You can, but PDF r
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
it would be useful.
You can, but PDF rendering is les
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
> normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the
> case it would be useful.
I have a Kindle 3G (the new one with both GSM and WiFi) and it is great
for rea
On 22/03/11 10:45, Alan Pope wrote:
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
it would be useful.
You can, but PDF rendering is less than ideal
On 22 March 2011 11:24, Simon Redmond wrote:
> I used calibre to convert a series of pdf's (funnily enough for an ou
> course) into the more native format for my kindle as I found reading the pdf
> to much of a strain on the eyes. It seems to work well, however its not a
> perfect conversion forma
mages don't seem to
come though, but works for my purposes.
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From: "Paul Sutton"
To: "UK Ubuntu Talk"
Subject: [ubuntu-uk] OT Kindle
Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 06:41
Hi
this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to
On 22/03/11 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
Hi
this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to others.
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open /
read normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this
is the case it would be useful.
On another n
On 22 Mar 2011, at 11:10, Dave Morley wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:48 +, J Fernyhough wrote:
>> On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
>>>
>>> any suggestions or ideas
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations
>> of the 6" screen with
On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 10:48 +, J Fernyhough wrote:
> On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
> >
> > any suggestions or ideas
> >
> >
>
> I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations
> of the 6" screen with PDFs. Depending on the number of books you need,
> buying
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
> any suggestions or ideas
>
>
I love my Kindle 3G. However, I'm already running into the limitations
of the 6" screen with PDFs. Depending on the number of books you need,
buying the tree copy or just reading on a netbook may work out better
than shel
On 22 March 2011 10:41, Paul Sutton wrote:
> Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
> normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the case
> it would be useful.
>
You can, but PDF rendering is less than ideal. You're better off using
more '
Hi
this is slightly off topic but the answer could be useful to others.
Looking at the amazon kindle it looks as if i can use it to open / read
normal pdf files such as the one for the ubuntu manual, if this is the
case it would be useful.
On another note, part of my Open uni studies requir
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