RE: OT: Anyone using Kindle for Oracle Docs and/or other tech docs?
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:04:10 -0500
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I use it but it's less than ideal. In order to read the pdfs, you have to rotate and zoom in the document. I would like the Kindle to convert pdfs into a readable format like Thinkfree Office does on my Android phone.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jared Still [jkstill_at_gmail.com]
Received: Thursday, 14 Apr 2011, 9:54pm
To: Oracle-L Freelists [oracle-l_at_freelists.org]
Subject: OT: Anyone using Kindle for Oracle Docs and/or other tech docs?
Only slightly off topic I guess.
The proliferation of documentation makes it hard to keep the right stuff at hand, as well as any docs I would like read.
Printing and stapling/binding just doesn't work well anymore.
Has anyone had good success with using the Kindle for Oracle docs and other technical documentation?
The Kindle does have some limitations, such as a 200 file limit.
That shouldn't be a problem, as most of us probably only need a few documents out of the documentation set. Though I would like them for 9i, 10gR2 and 11gR2.
An iPad or other tablet would work, but Kindle has the following benefits:
- better battery life
- easier to read, especially outdoors
- smaller form factor makes it easier to tote
- and finally, a lot less $$$ than a tablet computer.
TIA!
Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com
Home Page: http://jaredstill.com
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