::Kindle 2:: [/tech/misc] (17:34)

I'm very excited by the early rumor report of Kindle 2. The new design definitely looks better than the current one, and the side buttons look a bit more sensibly placed than on the current device. It looks nice, but the rumor mill is silent on the one feature I need more than anything else - PDF support.

The problem with the Kindle is that although it's brilliant for reading fiction and non-technical books, as soon as you put something with program listings, tables or formulas on it, it falls over. The PDF conversion gets text fine, but technical books just don't translate well. Thanks largely to Manning and Pragmatic Programmers, I have a growing library of PDF books. However, that library doesn't play well on the kindle along side my growing library of non-tech ebooks.

Yes, I know I can get another ebook reader that supports PDFs, but I really love the 1-click buy and download experience of the Kindle. So, I've got my fingers crossed that Kindle 2 will solve the problem.