What is on Your Mind?

Kindle gen 2 and higher have a real pdf viewer. HOWEVER, the Kindle2 (the small one) ... the PDFs might not manipulate well... but they ARE rendered PDFs.

I hear that the Kindle gen 3 has even better PDF capabilities.... but recent firmwares on the gen 2 make PDFs work just fine (IMHO).

No. I don't have a Kindle.

But I do have a Sony Reader (PRS650) which I thoroughly enjoy. I chose it after considerable comparisons to the multitude of other available eReaders in spite of it's higher cost, and I'm glad I did.

It's incredibly more convenient than paper books (pbooks). And I've found there is a huge reservoir of free literature that I'd previously thought I might read one day that is now free for the downloading.

I just bought one:

- purchased 02.03.2011 11.30 AM
- delivered 04.03.2011 10:19 AM

It was a really rapid delivery - from US to Italy.

I don't own a Kindle but a similar device (Nook) and am disappointed on how it renders pdf's which is why I bought it. I am not convinced that Kindle would do a better job, maybe the Sony 950 and am generaly disappointed in how eReaders are horrible at handling pdf's, so I don't plan to get another one very soon.

I sold my Kindle 3 and it's one of the stupidest things I have ever done.

Now, that was my primary concern before purchasing a Kindle.
Yes, I believe most of the eBook readers (having display < 7") render the pdf format the same way.

I found an acceptable (not a perfect) solution:
I send the pdf to Amazon for a free conversion (you receive the converted file via email, not via Wispernet!) and I loose a small part of the original formatting.

You could also use Modipocket Reader (free software) and the result is similar (I find it a bit worse, than the Amazon conversion).

I can display the pdf files nicely (without loosing any formatting) on my 7" tablet, but Kindle's e Ink technology is far better for me.

My Sony Reader can also render a PDF acceptably--if I use the teenie-weenie font size.
But I find it very difficult to read that small size.
And they look like trash when I select a larger font size.

Do PDF files flow and remain readable on the Kindle when you select a larger font size?