Best Device for Reading and Editing PDFs? E-ink? Tablet?

[firewolfsm]

So as I start graduate school I realize I need a convenient to read and comment PDFs, that includes highlighting and either typing or scribbling notes. Obviously I need touch, color would be nice but isn't necessary, battery life is nice, and cheap is also nice.

I've found this e-ink reader with a 9.7" display
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLACK-Onyx-...21382231187?pt=US_Tablets&hash=item1c42f1dc93

It's just big enough to read PDFs in landscape mode, and has a digitizer, but seems overpriced for an e-reader. There are supposed to be several 13" models coming out early next year but I'm not sure I want to wait.

Then tablets, the Lenovo Thinkpad 10 has a digitizer and could probably do well with PDFs but seems too expensive.

Any recommendations?

 

[s44]

Note 10.1 2014... refurb deals put it at ~$300-350.

Only downside is that the set of apps that handle the pen properly (palm rejection, pressure sensitivity) and the set of apps that let you annotate straight into PDF format overlap only with ezPDF, which is rather buggy and renders slowly. If you can deal with clicking to import/export from/to PDF then Papyrus, LectureNotes, OneNote beta, and the like should do well for you.

You could also go much bigger and more expensive with the Surface Pro 3.

 

[firewolfsm]

I'm considering the Note 10 and Thinkpad Tablet 2 now. They seem to be about the same but the thinkpad has an x86 processor and full windows.

 

[zerogear]

If you want full on editing, probably x86 tablets.

 

[vi edit]

It'd be a budget buster, but maybe the i3 version of the Surface Pro 3. With your grad school email you can get it for around $650. Will be much more universally useful than an e-reader or android tablet.

You can get the 1st gen surface refurb for around $400 but the battery life is kinda sucky on them.

Either way you'll get one of the better stylus implementations out there.

 

[ronitbajaj]

I think you should to buy Kindly Fire. It is the best option for you and your career.

 

[sonitravel09]

To be honest, e-ink e-readers aren't good for rendering PDFs. I would recommend to pick up the Sony. It has a rep for be better with PDFs than other e-ink readers. Sony has the e-reader business and support for the PRS-T2.