Comments on: E-book Echo: Welcome the Nook; Kindle on the PC, Android is King of E-book Readers

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:44:23 +0000

There’s a Homebrew bookreader for the Pre (really there are two) but pReader can open eReader files, including encrypted ones. I’m excited!

By: eBookRus

eBookRus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:15:50 +0000

I don’t like it, too many option…

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:03:46 +0000

From wikipedia:

“Android is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel.”

By: Alpo

Alpo — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:50:03 +0000

I have a Plam Pre and have been using and really enjoying the Shortcovers application and service. So far I have read one complete novel and have purchased and downloaded two more. What’s great about the e-book experience on a smartphone is the form-factor. Hold it in one hand and use the thumb of that hand to turn pages.

The other delight is that your library is always with you. I thought about getting a kindle or nook but I know that they would sit at home. Being able to pick up the “book” wherever I am and whenever I have a few spare minutes and quickly read a chapter or just a couple of pages is a true pleasure.

I am beginning to think that a good smartphone is a great investment in that it does so many things well and is in one small accessible package. No need for a separate MP3 player, satnav, digital camera, e-book reader or even netbook.

Sure a $150 digicam will take better pictures but how many times have you not had yours when you wanted it? And a separate satnav is a little more user friendly but what happens when yours is in your wife’s car? More font choices and battery life in the kindle but how many hours can you hold that one pound package?

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:08:05 +0000

What ebook reader have people used the most?

I’ve probably read more books on my old Palms, a whole series of them going back to before the (IIIC, M100, M515, Tungston C (probably read least on that), E, E2, and legacy stuff on my Pre, mostly using eReader software and Plucker.

I’ve also been reading on my Touch (inherited from my daughter) (using eReader and Kindle), and on my Samsung Q1 and Q1UP-V (now with Win7!) using eReader and OneNote for Project Gutenberg texts.

By: mikecane

mikecane — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:11:57 +0000

There is no TTS on the Nook.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:40:17 +0000

I was looking at the eDGe, but now I think I’ll be looking at the DR800SG myself. As soon as that gets annotation support (hopefully on all formats, not just a single one) then it’d be perfect for me.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:31:26 +0000

“feature for feature”? What button do I press on the Nook to get the Text-to-Speech feature?

By: mikecane

mikecane — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:11:56 +0000

>>>Both the Alex and the eDGe are running the Android OS, which is rapidly becoming the OS of choice for the e-book reader.

That’s a premature statement. Most eBook devices run on Linux.