While I like my Kindle for reading books and stuff that can free flow, the lack of proper fixed paging is a pain when navigating around a technical manual, where I may want to use the contents/index to jump straight to a page/section. It also doesn't fit a full PDF page that remains easily readable, could do with a bit more screen.
I've given up waiting for a colour e-ink device that has a screen large enough to read A4/book size PDFs, at a reasonable price, and readily available in the UK.
As there seem to be loads of touch tablets flooding the market I'm thinking maybe a cheapo one of those would be a good interim solution.
I expect it would need a minimum of a 10" screen with 1024 x 768 resolution, and not have too narrow a viewing angle for portrait mode, to allow a typical PDF book to be readible with one page filling most of the screen?
Anyone got or know of a cheap tablet (£100-200) that works well for this scenario?
I don't fancy paying £300-400 for an iPad or similar alternative when the only real uses will be reading eBooks and surfing. I've got a laptop for heavier duty stuff, but it's uncomfortable holding it on its side to read in portrait mode.
I've given up waiting for a colour e-ink device that has a screen large enough to read A4/book size PDFs, at a reasonable price, and readily available in the UK.
As there seem to be loads of touch tablets flooding the market I'm thinking maybe a cheapo one of those would be a good interim solution.
I expect it would need a minimum of a 10" screen with 1024 x 768 resolution, and not have too narrow a viewing angle for portrait mode, to allow a typical PDF book to be readible with one page filling most of the screen?
Anyone got or know of a cheap tablet (£100-200) that works well for this scenario?
I don't fancy paying £300-400 for an iPad or similar alternative when the only real uses will be reading eBooks and surfing. I've got a laptop for heavier duty stuff, but it's uncomfortable holding it on its side to read in portrait mode.
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