Re: 6 Inch kindle any good for reading technical ebooks?

The kindle is a pretty good tool for reading the cisco Press books. You can
get more on the screen than you think - depending on how big you make the
font size. You can also load your pdf files from workbooks onto it and take
them with you.

It is not a color display so some diagrams may be hard to see well. Also you
will not be able to follow a color legend for a diagram.

I don't mind the extra weight of the iPad. For the functionality that it
adds along with a bigger color display, I find it a great tool for study as
well.

Thanks
Larry Hadrava
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On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Networking Dude <ccie_at_routefilter.com>wrote:

> Just curious, the small Kindle WiFi is priced fairly now, and I'm curious
> if
> any of you are using it successfully to study. I'm a bit wary as the small
> screen size might make it difficult to see a diagram, or read much more
> than
> a paragraph in a Ciscopress book. I'm also looking at the DX, which IMO is
> still very unfairly priced, and lastly the Ipad.
>
> I've heard the Ipad is a bit heavy to hold and read like a book. The touch
> screen just rocks for turning pages, and zooming in, but, I'm leaning
> towards something more purpose built for the job, and cheaper. The Ipad is
> an expensive toy to break.
>
> I'm curious of any reviews or opinions you guys might have.
>
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