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Hi everyone,
Since we don't get Microsoft Reader installed by default any more I am trying to decide which one to install instead. Any suggestions? Is Microsoft Reader the best one (seems unlikely)? I've got lots of .lit files that I want to read...
The most usable and flexible e-book reader is - no doubt - uBook Reader. It reads almost all kind of text formats (txt, rtf, html, prc....).
I tried all reader apps.
This is the best.
I'm sure and you will.
Here you can see:
http://gowerpoint.com/uBook_feat.html#Features
better still where do u get ebooks from :S
Which uBook
uBook looks great from the web page, but we are offered many different versions to download. Which version is compatible with Universal/Jasjar?
Use the first one in the list, for PocketPC Arm version
The newest:
http://gowerpoint.com/uBook09g_PPC_ARM.exe
It has a very-very nice vga interface!!!
Just downloaded it and now I'm off to bed with Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. Thank a lot for the info!
I've tried a couple of e readers and found mobibook the best. It does everything Microsoft reader does plus you can change the background colour and text (I prefer to have a black background with white text which is easier on the eyes at night). It also has the auto scroll feature which you can speed up/down. There is a another program (can't remember the name) which will convert .lit (MS reader) to html which mobibook can read. Also MS reader took ages to load and even longer to load the book. Mobibook takes about 10 seconds.
Also both programs are free.
Cheers Paul
M$ Reader can have problems with encrypted ebooks stored on the SD card when using PowerSave. Also Mobipocket can lose the information on where you were last if you close the eBook. So not perfect eBook reader yet - more WM5 shambles!
I'm using M$ Pocket Reader on WM 5 as I did on WM 2003, but the text font is much bigger as on WM 2003 with nyditot virtual display (even when smallest font is chosen).
So anybody have an idea how to make the font smaller if possible? Thanx in advance.
Best regards,
tomestos
I use IsiloX and Isilo to convert and read all my books. I convert most of my texts down, eg chm files, txt, html etc. It includes a built in webripper so it will rip, format and compress a site for reading on the go.
I've done a very nice version of the CIA World Factbook in about 4mb. Never used it though...
I use TombRaider for certain reference works, but for straight through ebooks, normally Isilo.
I use a lit converter and BCL AllPDF to convert between those formats into a more portable form.
Oh, I also use and very much admire Repligo, but generally only use it when I need pretty full PDF type use but without the skitzoid embolism the Adobe PDF reader induces.
V
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
hoanglong said:
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
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I'll second that request. Anything that can cope with .cbr and .cbz format (common in Comics, although they are just RAR or ZIP files rename) would be ideal.
hoanglong said:
anyone know good ebook reader for reading manga? i.e. image files jpg/png etc. i tried ebook but it crop the image abit too small to read, any that can easily zoom etc.
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I'll second that request. Anything that can cope with .cbr and .cbz format (common in Comics, although they are just RAR or ZIP files rename) would be ideal.
I think the .lit to .html convertor that frigit is refering to may be clit (yes, seriously - convert lit, geddit?)
Yep that's it. I had a good laugh too. I think they maybe changing the name though for obvious reasons.
guys my ms reader was installed by someone on the sd card and now i cant use it...it shows error number 10...even tried copying the folder to the devise but it still refuses to wrk....HELP............SOMEBODY...........ANYBODY
where to find ebooks
anyone know a good site that i can get free ebooks from?
Tuningszocske said:
The most usable and flexible e-book reader is - no doubt - uBook Reader. It reads almost all kind of text formats (txt, rtf, html, prc....).
I tried all reader apps.
This is the best.
I'm sure and you will.
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Have to agree with the above. Also its one of the few readers that has a good autoscroll. Tried most apps once, and I find Ubooks way of refreshing one line at a time to be the most suitable for me. My only gripe is that it does'nt render PDF-files too well, and atleast in previous versions it was a bit slow on CHM, and I could'nt use autoscroll on them.
Would any of you readers know a way to remove borders from a PDF? The problem I'm having is that my Tablet PC's screen is too small to display a A4-page nicely, if I zoom the white borders of the page away then the text is fine to read but this means a lot of zooming and scrolling for every page. So if I could just remove them I would have pages that would fit the screen
BetterDeal.com.au said:
anyone know a good site that i can get free ebooks from?
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There are stacks of out of copyright books here:
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/
I've been using Microsoft Reader with some considerable pleasure, but I have no experience of any other. The only minor quibble I have is that with an encrypted ebook, it sometimes takes a second or so to open the book. Apart from that, its seems great.
I'll try some of the others out though and compare results.
Ever since I recieved the MDA I've been very eager to use it to read ebooks. I've never had a machine capable of doing so, so I am very uneducated about the entire field.
I have acquired several .lit and .pdf ebooks. I know there is a program instantly installed on the MDA to read pdfs, and it is my understanding that I am supposed to use Microsoft Reader for .lit files.
However . . . neither of these programs seem fit to read anything on this phone. The pdf reader makes me scroll left and right, and fitting anything to the page makes the entire thing unreadable. And Microsoft Reader seems very poorly made, suffering the same problems and unchangably large text.
Does anyone know a solution to my problem? Another program to read the files, or settings I am simply missing?
Thanks in advance.
I am using Mobipocket reader on my blue angel for more than 6 months - it's the perfect tool for me www.mobipocket.com. And its free
Before I was using Microsoft reader, but Mobipocket comes with a desktop and PDA software and the desktop software can convert very good a lot of files, which you can read easilly on the PDA
Hi,
The most popular one is Microsoft Reader which is freely available and there are literally TONS of free e-books on their site for you to download.
http://www.mslit.com/default.asp?mjr=FRE
Repligo is nice, and can kinda convert pdf.
I use Isilo generally.
Use pdf2txt to convert pdf if necessary.
V
I've never used those format's, but I've been using uBook from Gowerpoint and I love it. I use it in conjunction with all the stuff I get from Gutenberg (the BEST place to get free ebooks) and haven't had a problem since. You can use it free if you don't mind a minor annoyance every three pages of the reminder or you can pay a little bit to register.
Mack, I have used Microsoft Reader, and it just seems far too weak. I didn't like it. No margin control, font size, etc. . . . unless I'm wrong. Feel free to correct me, itd make this a lot easier!
I tried MobiPocket and so far it seems like the best. I can control those functions I just mentioned, and seems to convert pdfs well. However, it stills seems to have few problems (It seems to kill itself randomly and - as far as I can tell - doesn't save my font settings.
I found a program called Convert Lit to, well, convert .lit files. I haven't tried it yet but I've heard good things.
I haven't tried the other suggested readers, but, judging from their websites they don't seem as good as MobiPocket. Ill eventually get to them.
Off topic....
does anybody use RSS to get news on your phone and which sites you use.....?
Mobipocket reader is good.
Regards,
Arto.
RussianInLa: I like newsreader, it does the job quite well.
For RSS channels, I grab a bunch of usual suspects - check out my old website newsreader,
www.vijay555.com/news
However, I'm improving that with many (illegal) news scrapers, grabbing full articles from many different sites (eg Wired). Their normal RSS feed just gives headlines.
That's a good option if you can host php - write your own scraper and grab ANY webpage as RSS
V
Ubook
Have to agree with Jose_v, ubook is the best all round reader. It doesn't read pdf files, which for me is fine but can read ebooks in text, htm or html and rtf formats, all of which can be zipped to save space. It will also read palm and mobipocet format files that are not drm'd. Zip compression is better than mobipocket's, so you save that little bit extra space on your precious mini-sd.
It has recently become shareware and comes up with its logo every few pages, which is easy to get rid of as you just press down. Seeing as I have been using it for about 3 or 4 years now, I purchased it without hesitation when it became shareware.
Use it, you will learn to appreciate it.
To change the font on MS Reader, go to the Library page, click Settings, and change your font size. You can't do anything about the margins, though someone told me you could change them by opening a document in MS Word, expanding the margins, then converting to Reader. Haven't tried it yet.
Speaking of Word, download the free Word-to-Reader converter. Anything you can read in Word, including TXT and HTML files, can be converted to yo9ur own LIT files. You can even customize the cover picture. http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/rmr.asp
uBook is great, and I use it for all my old Palm ebooks, but I have so many LIT files, it's just easier to read them in Reader. Besides, none of the other programs have a PC version. I can read the same file on my desktop or laptop if I want, and if I sync the files, my PPC remembers where I was when I was reading it on the other device.
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fuzzywuzzy said:
Have to agree with Jose_v, ubook is the best all round reader. It doesn't read pdf files, which for me is fine but can read ebooks in text, htm or html and rtf formats, all of which can be zipped to save space. It will also read palm and mobipocet format files that are not drm'd. Zip compression is better than mobipocket's, so you save that little bit extra space on your precious mini-sd.
It has recently become shareware and comes up with its logo every few pages, which is easy to get rid of as you just press down. Seeing as I have been using it for about 3 or 4 years now, I purchased it without hesitation when it became shareware.
Use it, you will learn to appreciate it.
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I'm going to third uBook, I used it on my old HPC and through a number of Pocket PCs and it is a wonderful app. Why I haven't actually registered it yet is beyond me, I can't imagine a better reader.
I'm frustrated by the way pdf's are forced to completely redraw (or maybe reload) themselves when you scroll around within a page. It makes them a time consuming hassle. Is there any way to make it scroll smoothly? I'm using the clearvue pdf viewer that was loaded with the Cingular 812555.
u have mobipocket and others, but most of them arnt free...
http://www.mobipocket.com/en/eNews/default.asp
and im not sure if it solves ur problem, i just suggest alternatives to try...
Thanks trashman for the suggestion. I'm not worried about paying for the program if it does the trick (though of course I would rather find it for free). Does anybody out there know if mobipocket will help smooth out scrolling when viewing PDF's?
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Thanks trashman for the suggestion. I'm not worried about paying for the program if it does the trick (though of course I would rather find it for free). Does anybody out there know if mobipocket will help smooth out scrolling when viewing PDF's?
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It won't display PDF's, you'll need to convert them, which may result in problems unless your PDF source is fully text-based.
That is, don't even try to convert a, say, graphics-heavy tech book to the Mobi format.
dunno with heavy graphics but with normal graphics, pictures and so on i have no problem with it...and it scroll fast on text and relatively smooth on graphics...
but mene is correct, u cant read a pdf right away, it need to be "converted"...
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dunno with heavy graphics but with normal graphics, pictures and so on i have no problem with it...and it scroll fast on text and relatively smooth on graphics...
but mene is correct, u cant read a pdf right away, it need to be "converted"...
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Yup, with a normal, say, literature book the Mobi format is much better than PDF.
I for one am a fairly heavy PDF user and have always gone back to the bloated Adobe Reader 2.0. Just found this Foxit Reader for Windows Mobile which is still beta but was quite impressive. No installation, just a small executable that I copied to my Program Files directory and changed the PDF default viewer in the registry. It has a stupid nag screen and an Evaluation banner at the top of the that I'm sure will disappear when it's actually released. Looks like it has promise.....
I tried 'em all on my 8125, and settled on Foxit Reader. It only cost me $9.99 for a licensed version, and it works as well as any. It is very fast, takes up very little room and redraws seamlessly. The only drawback to it is that it has no find function. But tables of contents and links within documents are both fully functional. It's the best pdf viewer I've used in all my years of using PDAs and Handhelds.
This is the URL to the beta download, but if you contact the company they are very good about communicating with you.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/rd_ppc.php
You can contact Sales here: [email protected]
I did have some trouble in getting the licensed version to keep my registration key from one session to the next, and had to get about 4 different "new" versions from them before they finally got me the fully licensed executable, but they didn't give up and their replies were timely.
Overall I'm very happy with it. I even open 6+Mb manuals with it and it is very fast in doing so, and just as fast in navigating within those large documents.
G'luck
Okay. The I downloaded the Fox Reader evaluation. Is there anyway to make it the default reader once you get the licensed version?
By the way - it's much quicker to use than the clearvue reader.
RepliGo PDF Mobilizer looks quite nice as well. The viewer for pocketpc is free, but you'll need to convert your PDFs to a custom format with their software, which is shareware (but nothing a quick search with Google can't fix).
The converted files are about half the size of the original PDF without losing layout/features etc.
addicus said:
Okay. The I downloaded the Fox Reader evaluation. Is there anyway to make it the default reader once you get the licensed version?
By the way - it's much quicker to use than the clearvue reader.
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Use a registry editor, navigatate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Look for pdffile. The Shell\Open\Command. Open the key and copy the text to the clipboard. (Mine says "\\Program Files\FoxitReader for WiM5.0.exe" %1" Close that and go down to Opendoc\Command and replace the text in the entry there.
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Use a registry editor, navigatate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Look for pdffile. The Shell\Open\Command. Open the key and copy the text to the clipboard. (Mine says "\\Program Files\FoxitReader for WiM5.0.exe" %1" Close that and go down to Opendoc\Command and replace the text in the entry there.
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I just found this thread again. I dl'd total commander and this worked perfectly. Thanks Dr.!!!!!
Hi!
After testing the many Roms in the forum, i found Adobe Reader LE installed on PDAmobiz ROMs.
I've been looking for this version of Reader, but have not been able to find it, even at Adobe's web site.
Anyone knows where to find it?
Is that only for AKU 2.3 or 3.2 or something like?
Reader 2.0 is so heavy on memory and works way slower!. The PDAmobiz version is the best I've seen so far.
Thanks.
Just copy the file "\Windows\ppc_adobereaderle.exe" from PDAMobiz's ROM. You can place this file to any folder in your PPC and run it from there.
Thanks so much for your answer, I will try.
BTW, anyway to extract that from the install files? I'm currently running the last Qtek ROM, and would like to avoid the install/extract/re-install procedure... even the temporary directory during install does not have the app.
Or would you mind to PM me the file if you're running it?
Thanks in advance.
Adobe Reader LE attached.
acrobat reader 2.0 lite
this all and good but this version does not display pictures and not display the reflux files converted durind synch
THANKS!
Khuanchai said:
Adobe Reader LE attached.
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Thank you very much, I really appreciate that!
Are you sure?
GuyGascard said:
this all and good but this version does not display pictures and not display the reflux files converted durind synch
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1.- It DOES display pictures.
2.- BTW, the conversion you're talking about is not done by Reader LE itself. I Don't do any conversion, on the contrary, I Copy PDF files straight to my SD card or via Active Sync without any problem or transformation. (please see next post -edited-)
3.- Adobe missed the point, Reader 2.0 is 8 MB big, both in storage AND in memory while running....
4.- As for the conversion, it seems to happen ONLY if you have installed other version of Reader, or the latest one coming from Westek (ClearView)
5.- Maybe there are some Tagged files that will not display correctly, or that do not reflux, but PDF is all about displaying documents EXACTLY as they were designed. I dont care about reflux, nor do they display properly at all times...
Really, the only reason I see for Adobe neither supporting LE reader nor allowing to download that from it's web page should be compatability with new features... Who cares at this time?
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Just for info...
6.- PPC Reader 2.0 when installed from your PC, does not allow you to uninstall the "PC part" of itself, nor does it undo its installation changes: It activates conversion of PDF files to TAGGED PDF files, thus making (on a 30 k file) increase its size FIVE TIMES! and displaying incorrect on every other pdf reader, as LE itself.
7.- Even unistalling PPC Reader 2.0 from your PDA, retains those settings, so you have to go manually to your Active Sync Advanced options and change .PDF files conversion to none. You will notice how fast and nicely Reader LE performs.
I'm sorry to insist, but it's a pitty to discover such a nice performer as Reader LE is, just to see it "orphaned" from it's own creator. In fact, even trough a deep web research, it's impossible to find.
IMHO reflux is a flawed patch from Adobe, it screws many files making them unreadable.
Hope it helps.
And again, many thanks to the PDAmobiz guys and Khuanchai.
I made cab to easy intallation
pls try, i made cab file with exe
Asukaly yours!
Nice job!
Asukal said:
pls try, i made cab file with exe
Asukaly yours!
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Well done!
Khuanchai said:
Adobe Reader LE attached.
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Where can i download this file. New member(still stupid)
Louis Fourie
louisdc said:
Where can i download this file. New member(still stupid)
Louis Fourie
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It's on the previous post! Just above yours!
;-)
Oh, I can definitely verify that this shows pictures, I am reading my latest issue of Popular Science. Way cool, and thanks, I need lots of PDF's for my job and have been too lazy to to take apart the full Acrobat installer so that I could install from Linux.
-j
jjordan said:
Oh, I can definitely verify that this shows pictures, I am reading my latest issue of Popular Science. Way cool, and thanks, I need lots of PDF's for my job and have been too lazy to to take apart the full Acrobat installer so that I could install from Linux.
-j
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This is way faster, better and "lighter" than the one on Adobe's own website. It's weird why they elude this version from downloading. :-(
I get a lot of emails with pdf attachment. Is there a way to automatically associate the pdf attachment with Adobe Reader? After installing the adobe reader le, when I open a pdf atachment in the email itself, it can't recognize the file. I have to save it first and open it from Adobe Reader.
Perhaps there is a Reg Edit for this.
Thanks.
I second that request:
Can you set Adobe Reader to be the default PDF viewer so you can open attachments?
cardingtr said:
I get a lot of emails with pdf attachment. Is there a way to automatically associate the pdf attachment with Adobe Reader? After installing the adobe reader le, when I open a pdf atachment in the email itself, it can't recognize the file. I have to save it first and open it from Adobe Reader.
Perhaps there is a Reg Edit for this.
Thanks.
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Since you are NOT installing the program, the only way I think of is editing the registry and subtitute the program now "tied" to .pdf extensions by the path and name of your reader LE.
Hope it helps.
You've got to manually put in the registry settings to associate both "open" and "opendoc" under "pdffile" to Adobe Reader LE.
Try this also .. seems newer build.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316036&highlight=Adobe+Reader
Abode Le Zip
Thank you for the Zip file (a file not found elsewhere by me anyway)which worked fine on my ipaq hx2000 when nothing else did!
Why doesn't MS supply a .cab file for this??? You would think that someone would have thought about putting it in MS Marketplace. The .exe file doesn't work for me with NSFAN'S 6.1 rom for Sprint. It won't install onto the phone, and there is no real error message, just that it didn't install successfully.
BUMP!!! I know the MS Reader is highly disdained, but I have a ton of books in .Lit format I do not want to loose. Running the installation program is Administrator results in the same error.
Not sure about the ms reader issue. However on the the .lit file side I had the same problem, then found a program called convert lit. It dumps the contents as an html file, and then I can just use ubook reader to read it.
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Not sure about the ms reader issue. However on the the .lit file side I had the same problem, then found a program called convert lit. It dumps the contents as an html file, and then I can just use ubook reader to read it.
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Will look into this, but I would really prefer not to got thru hoops to read what worked fine in the past.