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Aug
25
Reading Books on Your Blackberry - Ereader Apps
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Blackberry owners who would like the capability to read ebooks on their Blackberry device have at least a couple of options. Whether you regard the Blackberry as your preferred ereader, or as a useful alternative to other ereaders in your ebook reading device arsenal, there are apps and online services available to you.
Mobipocket Reader and OTA Bookstore Access
Mobipocket.com offers its free Mobipocket Reader software for the Blackberry, as well as Over the Air (OTA) access to the Mobipocket bookstore via the Blackberry. Books can also be downloaded to the Blackberry user’s desktop PC (the Mobipocket Reader software for Windows Vixta and XP is also free).
The Mobipocket Reader allows the Blackberry user to select font styles and sizes, customize margins, select background colors, and make other custom choices for the ereading environment. Through the Mobipocket bookstore, the Blackberry user has access to thousands of books, book samples, and reviews.
Continue reading on ebooks on the Blackberry . . .
Jul
15
The Mobile Gadgeteer at ZDNet recently named his top 10 favorite applications for the the iPhone. The eReader app for using the iPhone as an ebook reading device is at the top of the list.
I am an ebook fan and have a Sony Reader that I think now may see a bit less usage with actual support for offline reading on the iPhone. I have been a Mobipocket user for years due to its ability to work across all mobile platforms, but eReader also has this support and it looks like I am now making the transition. This was made possible mostly by the fact that Fictionwise purchased eReader and now I can access all the books I have purchased over the years in eReader format at Fictionwise and any books I have purchased through eReader. You simply login on your iPhone with your username and password from either website to view your bookshelf and download the titles you want on your iPhone. Unfortunately, you can only download one title at a time so if you have a large library this may take a while.
To read a book you simply tap on the title in your Bookshelf and then flick across the page from right to left to turn the page or the other way to turn it back. You can also tap on the display to bring up four bottom icons for the Table of Contents, search function (two icons for this?), and font settings (3 fonts and 4 sizes). I hope to see more functionality brought to the iPhone such as bookmarks and auto scrolling. If you have a dictionary loaded you can also tap and hold on a word to look it up. Landscape mode is also supported by simply rotating your iPhone.
Jul
14
Teleread reports that the Stanza ebook application may be downloaded for use on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
According to Lexcycle (the provider of Stanza), this app built-in support for a number of document formats, including “HTML, PDF, Microsoft Word, and Rich Text Format reading, as well as all the major eBook standards: unprotected Amazon Kindle and Mobipocket, Microsoft LIT, Palm doc, and the International Digital Publishing Forum’s new epub Open eBook standard.”
Continue reading about the Stanza ebook app . . .
Jul
14
iPhone and iPod Touch Ereader Apps
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Manybooks.net draws our attention to a couple of applications that make it possible to use the iPhone and the iPod Touch as ereader devices.The iPhone Bookshelf app supports various formats, including Mobipocket, PalmDoc, Plucker, FictionBook2, HTML, and plain text. The eReader app supports PalmDoc and eReader.
Continue reading about iPhone and iPod Touch apps . . .
Jul
13
Bookeen Cybook Gen3 - A Video Review and Demo
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A recent addition to the list of dedicated ereader devices is the Bookeen Cybook Gen3. This product is an ultralight, 6-inch device that uses the e-Ink text display technology. The Cybook Gen3 is compatible with a number of document formats, including Mobipocket PRC, and PDF.
Watch this video review and demo to get a better idea of the features offered by the Cybook Gen3.
Jul
13
Cybook Gen3 - The Pros and Cons
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The Future of Things recently featured a very comprehensive review of the Bookeen Cybook Gen3 ereader device. The reviewer summed up the analysis with this list of pros and cons for the Cybook Gen3.
Pros
* Fast—faster than the Sony PRS-505
* Thin, light, and small
* Very good battery life, (8,000 page-flips, according to Bookeen, and many hours of MP3 playback, revealed by our test)
* Latest e-paper screen—very comfortable to read in a well-lit environment
* Mobipocket format and software is excellent
* Good—and free—RSS supportCons
* Cumbersome page-flip mechanism
* Only a few, small hardware buttons
* Current firmware (late February 2008) lacks folder and subfolder capabilities, making anything with more than 100 items difficult to find
* Incomplete PDF support—some files don’t open or crash the device
* No SDHC support
* No wireless connectivity
Jul
13
Cybook Gen3 - A Thumbs Up from ZDNet UK
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If you’re considering a purchase of the Bookeen Cybook Gen3 ereader, you’ll be glad to know that this device received a glowing review from ZDNet UK. Sandra Vogel wrote:
BOOKEEN Cybook Gen3 eBook Reading Device + 1 yr wtyPerformance
The Cybook Gen3’s 1,000mAh Li-polymer battery is good for 8,000 page refreshes. Depending on the font and font size selected, the number of pages in any one book will vary, making it difficult to estimate how many books can be read within this number of page refreshes. However, we used the Cybook Gen3 for several weekend reading sessions with no need to recharge. If you’re not happy with the range of fonts supplied, you can add more TrueType fonts.The ergonomics are excellent. We found the Cybook Gen3 very comfortable to hold for extended periods, as it’s light and compact. The screen is unusual as it has no backlight and is not reflective. However, we found it legible in a wide range of lighting conditions, both indoors and out. It’s very easy on the eye and suited to extended periods of concentrated use. In short, we found it no more demanding than reading text on paper.
Conclusion
The Cybook Gen3 is simply the best e-book reader we’ve seen to date. It could use one or two tweaks: most obviously, support for more audio formats, a 3.5mm headset jack and support for SDHC (although you can get a lot of content onto a 2GB SD card). We’d also like to see a thinner, more bag-friendly carry case. Even as it stands, if you want to try an e-book reader, then the Cybook Gen3 is definitely recommended.
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Jul
13
iRex Iliad Ereader: Watch This Demo
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The number of the ereader and digital media devices on the market seems to grow daily. An ereader that’s been around for a year or two is the Iliad, released by iRex Technologies. This Linux-based device uses the e-Ink technology for displaying text.
In this video, an iRex company representative demonstrates the Iliad’s capabilities at the O’Reilly TOC conference.
Mar
18
BlackBerry and Mobipocket
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At SmartPhoneToday, we
there’s news of access to the Mobipocket catalog via Blackberry:
Mobipocket Reader, a popular application for a number of different mobile-device platforms, has just gained a very Kindle-like feature for BlackBerry users, Over The Air (OTA) downloads.
Download and installing the free Mobipocket Reader 6.0 upgrade now gives BlackBerry owners the ability to not read e-books, but peruse, buy and download e-books from Mobiepocket’s over 65,000-title strong catalogue as well.