Anyone have a dedicated handheld PDF reader to recommend?
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I do a lot of work with PDFs and I don't find my iPad as convenient any more. Laptop is ok, but I'd prefer a full A4 size reader.
This article from the Guardian recommends the Boox https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/201...
Does anyone have any real world experience with these and can recommend them?
This article from the Guardian recommends the Boox https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/201...
Does anyone have any real world experience with these and can recommend them?
One of the best things I love with my newly acquired Fold 4 is for the exact situation you describe. Tablets are great for reading documents but no more easy to carry than a laptop, phones are great but you really cannot spend that long reading stuff or actually doing work on them.
The Fold combines both, plus the S pen. Outlook also works great on it, a proper desktop view vs phone screen. Combined with proper document management system on Android makes it a proper computer/tablet that happens to fit in your pocket like a phone, so all your Teams calls etc also works great unlike just a document viewer.
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The Fold combines both, plus the S pen. Outlook also works great on it, a proper desktop view vs phone screen. Combined with proper document management system on Android makes it a proper computer/tablet that happens to fit in your pocket like a phone, so all your Teams calls etc also works great unlike just a document viewer.
.I have the small Boox, the Poke, which is a kindle alternative rather than a large screen ipad pro style which I think you are looking for.
Unit itself is great and overall no qualms recommending them bar point below. It's Android so lots of access to the settings for customisation and a file manager. Though my device is monochrome screen so while you can load apps not all of them are monochrome friendly, eg you can't see some buttons because they are rendered as grey on black. The power button on the poke is too easy to press, have had a couple of power ons in pocket draining the battery, can't comment on the other models obviously.
Big caveat is service. I cracked my screen (my fault, long drop onto concrete). Good online response from them to send to a service centre in Poland, but two months later it just came back unopened. No idea what happened, and they had warned me that turnaround was 6 to 10 weeks so I had already bought another one anyway.
Unit itself is great and overall no qualms recommending them bar point below. It's Android so lots of access to the settings for customisation and a file manager. Though my device is monochrome screen so while you can load apps not all of them are monochrome friendly, eg you can't see some buttons because they are rendered as grey on black. The power button on the poke is too easy to press, have had a couple of power ons in pocket draining the battery, can't comment on the other models obviously.
Big caveat is service. I cracked my screen (my fault, long drop onto concrete). Good online response from them to send to a service centre in Poland, but two months later it just came back unopened. No idea what happened, and they had warned me that turnaround was 6 to 10 weeks so I had already bought another one anyway.
GR11MCR said:
What do you use the PDFs for, is it just reading or do you require the ability to edit them and do they contain detailed diagrams/images ?
Yes there's some editing involved but not a lot.Yes there's a lot of images, none of them need editing and they don't need to be in colour but the ability to zoom in and out is useful not not essential
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