30
Jan
10

Kindle 2 isn’t a device for me – Amazon doesn’t convert math text

Some days ago, I received a Kindle 2. The device looked good and buttons and controls felt just fine.

Actually, I returned it today, since Amazon’s PDF conversion service is by no means able to convert more than trivial text.

Here is part of my input PDF, which I created using LaTeX:

And this is the formula part, that Amazon converted for Kindle as seen on the device:

Beside the ill-converted diacritical letters  - ä converts to “a – the formula is now a useless string the characters.

In case you’d like to display mathematics/scientific text, don’t buy a Kindle.

In 60 days, I’ll give iPad a try. Since even iPhone – as MacOS X – displays good, but small, iPad will do it brilliant.


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