Re: [tlug] kindle, iliad or sony et al [semi-ot]

[Al Hoang <hoanga@example.com>]

Sorry to reply to myself but can't let a typo sit...

On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 01:39:40PM +0900, Al Hoang wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:02:31PM +0900, Kenneth M. Burling Jr. wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-08-29 at 08:58 +0900, david.blomberg wrote:
> > > Kindle coming to Japan? Well I can't find any info in this other than 
> > > several request spread over various sites.
> > I am however using the Sony PRS 505.  I only have two real complaints
> > about it.  1) and more importantly, it does not handle unicode.  The
> > only kana and kanji support is in PDF files, which it handles badly most
> > of the time because of the screen size.
> 
> I've found the magnify key helps with at least reading the text even
> if the layout goes to hell.   My biggest dissapointment is that half
> the US government publications that I downloaded to my Kindle render
                                                         ^^^^^^  
                                                        Sony eBook

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Alain