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I downloaded the ''Bookworm'' app from Market Place today. I've wanted an ebook reader on the HD2 for a while now, just never got round to it. I just wondered if anyone knew of any websites where I could download ebooks, preferably free ones!
Thx.
i dont know if your programm can read the offered formats (the ebook tab in 6.5.x roms can), but you can try the gutenberg project. they republish books that are free of copyrights because they are older then 70 years. so dont expect actual stuff, but a lot of classics.
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Doesnt bookworm allow you to download straight from project gutenberg?
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Doesnt bookworm allow you to download straight from project gutenberg?
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Yes, you're right, but I'm not into classic novels, I just want a straightforward book to read. I prefer non-fiction, auto-biographies etc.
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i dont know if your programm can read the offered formats (the ebook tab in 6.5.x roms can), but you can try the gutenberg project. they republish books that are free of copyrights because they are older then 70 years. so dont expect actual stuff, but a lot of classics.
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Thx for the reply.
The bookworm app gives direct access to the project gutenberg library, however I'm not into classical novels etc. I just want a straightforward read.
ebooks
i like fiction ebooks
Free books won't usually be real books or good books because it costs money to publish books, etc. and free doesn't cover those costs. You can download books for free but that is considered warez and we are not allowed to post that on the website. But just search on google for files such as .mobi, .pdf, .epub, and others like that...
as for free books - there's at least one author who publishes for free and earns a living on it: Cory Doctorow
Bookworm App for ebooks
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I downloaded the ''Bookworm'' app from Market Place today. I've wanted an ebook reader on the HD2 for a while now, just never got round to it. I just wondered if anyone knew of any websites where I could download ebooks, preferably free ones!
Thx.
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I know it's been awhile, but do you happen to have the cab file for Bookworm reader? I somehow lost it in between two rom update
During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).
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During my business programming career, I always had good reference books to use no matter what language I was programming in.
I'm not talking a "How To..." book, but a solid reference book. Here's the class, here's the methods and their parameters. Maybe a short example.
I can't find anything similar for Android OS...anyone out there know of something?
Yes, I know it's on the net, but for me, there's just something about having the book. Like when I'm not coding, I can lay on the couch and read it while watching the game or not have to switch screens (even though I can pull-up a reference link on my second laptop).
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Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used
Guess it's worth a try. Got scared for a second because I DID order Android 2 Pro and returned it the next day. There was no order in the book, nothing was clear at all and tbh, it was just nasty bad.
I can try the one you suggested. If Amazon is anything, they're fast and the return policy is just awesome.
Thanks,
Roots
Google develops android too fast for books to be worth the money, IMO.
Read the SDK docs and work with some code. Anything in that book is trivial to find on the internet.
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Professional Android 2 Application Development is a very good book and it quite up to date in its current revision.
I can also warmly recommend Mark Murphy's Warescription. You get four e-books and all it's updates for 12 months. Those books are high quality and Mark does a very good job at keeping the books up to date and also at helping his Warescription community with their questions. You should give it a try.
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Checkout Professional Android 2 Application Development by Wrox - Reto Meier (Author). Been using it for a month or so, learned a lot and it is pretty in depth for complex subjects. One of the best books ive used
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I got the book. I was up late programming (as usual). It was like 4 a.m. EST Monday morning when I ordered it on Amazon. Did 3 to 5 business days. It came Tuesday!!!
Thanks, it's a good book. The FULL source code and all listings are downloadable which is nice. The book covers a lot of information and I think it's in the intermediate to semi-advanced level. Well written, logical progression of concepts. Only thing I really miss are some screen shots of an emulator running the projects.
I think I might run to local Best Buy, get a new black ink cartridge and print all the source code out and get it bound or put in notebook for a one-stop reference. Some projects have 5+ classes in them and it's easier to "flip through" in a book vs. onscreen. Worth the $20 in material (paper and ink).
what about a good book or place to learn the basics?
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I would start with some Google-found tutorials. There are hundreds of "Hello World" apps out there. For a beginner, the Hello World app is probably easier than getting the SDK up and running! LOL
Then work with adding EditText and TextView boxes. Then move on to Buttons. A good second program is "Enter your Name", "Hit Submit", "Show your Name". That gets all 3 ideas above going as well as onClick code and will get you working with main.xml
awesome! Thanks for the info. I installed everything earlier from Google and got that all setup. I will look more into everything else. Appreciate the reply.
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You could also look for a book called "The Android Developers Cookbook" written by Steele/To and published by Addison-Wesley...
Yeah, the basics are pretty easy, yet still powerful. I wrote some pretty basic apps (at least from the User's view) that are selling ok. But I learned a lot.
I'm a professional programmer, but as the economy goes, currently unemployed. I've learned a lot of languages (10 or so) and a lot of different environments. I'm finding the Android OS and the whole smartphone environment a remarkable new experience and what I feel, something that's just going to grow exponentially.
Good Luck
The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"
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The android app labs are also a very good introduction. Google for "Android App Course"
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WOW I've just started learning android development, and i am in the type that i need some hand on experience before i read the theory~ I think this is very suitable for android beginners to learn how to, at least, build a usable apps!
I'll also try on the 'android developers cookbook'~ expecting!
Really thanks for the sharing!
1)0321673352 Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours
2)OReilly Android Application Development
I've seen a couple threads asking which would be a good ebook reader for the Windows Mobile HD2 ROM, and I've found that Mobipocket was the best of a crap bunch. On it though, the ebooks were completely overpriced compared to the Kindle app that I was using on my SD card version of Android. Even though I was just buying the free books on Kindle, when switching to Windows Mobile I found you can explore out of the Mobipocket app when searching for your downloads, and find all of the books that you downloaded free from Kindle, then read them through Winmo.
Although I completely got rid of Windows Mobile now, this couple be useful to anybody still using the SD version of Android who don't want to pay £13 for a book..
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Hey guys, I was just wondering where everyone goes to read their news, and also trying to get other options for good tech-related stuff.
Typically I'm on Engadget, and while the site is usually decent, the last few months some of their articles are clearly being written for the Apple/Android trolls, it's a bit disappointing that they seem to post stories just to rile up the rampant trolls and get page views.
Of course, I've also used Gizmodo, but they seem to even worse as far as posting about anything and everything related to Apple and giving Android-related news the shaft.
Podcasts I like the twit.tv stuff and BOL and other non tech news stuff
I hardly browse tech news sites anymore... custom RSS feeds of tech blogs gets me all the relevant info I need without extra spin (they contain some of their own, sure, but this at least removes a layer and usually greatly reduces popups and flashy annoying banners).
Phanndroid and droid life. The same regurgitated stuff but the writes on those sites have some accountability. Especially phandroid they respond well to the community and are really trying and leave to self entitlement at the door. I dont do the fancy rss stuff just a simple bookmark and dolphin hd
I'm a regular at Futuremark and get most of my tech news from Anandtech and Endgadget
Twitter.
Your mind = blown.
I am partial to the gawker network.
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I use MaximumPC magazine Maximum Tech's websites. They do a great job to test, review and are not so biased, although they are very Microsoft friendly. They recently reviewed Win7 Phone vs Android and gave Win7 the win because of battery drain and ease of use, but to me the customization and the thousands and thousands of apps on the market make Android much much better than Win7. I can't say for sure because I have never used it though.
Ars Technica and /.
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4chan.org
holla
Phonescoop.com
Also RSS feeds from various HTC and Android blogs.
neowin, xda, ppcgeeks, android central.
Gizmodo, Engadget, AndroidCentral, Phandroid, XDA, Lifehacker
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Engadget for funny comments in articles and Android Central for app recommendations.
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Engadget and BGR.
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engadget, giz, androidcentral, phandroid, xtremesystems and hardforums
Engadget is the best out there, IMHO. However, I also have Electronista (for more dry numbers reporting) and Gizmodo on my RSS feed. Gizmodo has gone seriously downhill in the past year and while I continue to read it for the off the wall stuff they dig up, their gadget coverage and especially commentary is now trash.
I highly recommend listening to the Engadget podcasts (I listen to Classic and Mobile) as well as watching the Engadget Show. They are funny, informative, and well produced.
This thread is OT by the way.
TechCrunch, Engadget, Silicon Alley Insider (iPhone Biased, but they have some interesting stories), Gizmodo, and Phandroid. I visit them in that order, daily. Sometimes multiple times a day. Yep...I'm that big of a loser.
I use the app pulse. I have most of the sites people are talking about here in my feed. It's much easier than visiting 10 different sites and it frees up my time for reading way too much stuff on here!
Most of the time this EVO general section is my mobile tech news source
But I frequent mobile.engadget.com for news and a little comedy (the comments there are hilarious).
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im in 11th grade and want to read an interesting book to expand my mind. I normally don't read.EVER.. but since I have gotten my xoom I wanna give it a chance. I wanna read a good book. not some boring book I would usually read in school for example lord of the flies..boring. someone suggest a book I might like and enjoy. I tend to like horror,comedy, and adventure stories
What reader program are you using? Kindle, Nook, Google. Aldiko? Some access thousands of free books, most published before 1923 (a lot of great books, but maybe not what you're looking for) so if you go for new books through Nook and Kindle for example, you'll have to buy them. My daughter has been tearing through Ellen Hopkins books (Crank, Identical, Burn) but they seem a bit depressing to me, and maybe more appealing to girls (who seem to love drama, lol). If you like horror, you might like H. P. Lovecraft--available for free.
i was gonna use Google books. I've never really been into books that much because all the books we read in school are extremely boring. I wanna find a book that has mystery and suspense..something that will make me wanna actually read more of it instead of just putting the book down.
I am Legend by Richard Matheson is fantastic, and it's a fairly short book (and quite different from the movie in ways that make you care about the protagonist a million times more). That should be a good introduction. After that, it helps to know what interests you. Science fiction? Fantasy? It seems you probably want some form of fiction to begin with, anyway.
Definitely check out I am Legend.
Or perhaps Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. It's a series of short stories and, in all likelihood, you'll enjoy his writing style and that will encourage you to check out his other books (I recommend Neverwhere).
Black Man by Richard Morgan is a thriller set in the near future that you may like. Quite a bit of mystery, if I recall and it's a good read.
The Forever War by Joe Haldeman is also excellent; another sci-fi book.
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Some advice... when looking for books, I always try and read the first chapter to see if I take an instant liking to it. This helps a great deal in finding books that I want to finish. Usually, bookshops have seating areas for reading, but it's even easier with ebooks - as I understand, Google provide extracts or the first chapter before you buy. Try before you buy.
Horror: Dan Simmons - Summer of Night - fun and creepy
Horror: Dean Koontz - Watchers - fast moving & especially great if you love dogs
Sci-fi : Orson Scott Card - Enders Game - a classic
1984 is a pretty good book
My favorite book in the last decade has been ""A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson.
It's informative and funny.
Try it out, you'll be glad you did.
Also +1 for Ender's Game
If you have seen and enjoyed the movie Fight Club, check out Chuck Palahniuk's other books. They usually have you saying 'WTF' until the very end.
If you like the twilight movies try the twilight series. Or the Harry Potter series as I'm sure many people can tell you the books normally are better then the movies.
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Well, my 2 cents.
I think nobody should die without having read To Kill a Mockingbird from Harper Lee. It's one of the best books I have ever read, although being somehow old (60's or something).
I have read tons of books, and have loved almost all of them. I don't know. Some come fast to my mind: 1984, Christine (I love this one, as I do love cars), Jurassic Park, etc.
I enjoy books from Dean R Koontz (Horror), Michael Crichton (all kind), Robin Cook (medical related), Ken Follet, Stephen King, etc.
I really hope you find something interesting to read.
Regards.
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im in 11th grade and want to read an interesting book to expand my mind. I normally don't read.EVER.. but since I have gotten my xoom I wanna give it a chance. I wanna read a good book. not some boring book I would usually read in school for example lord of the flies..boring. someone suggest a book I might like and enjoy. I tend to like horror,comedy, and adventure stories
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Moneyball by Michael Lewis is definitely my recommendation!
It starts from baseball but larger than baseball.
I got a quick review and link is here.
http://www.opinionatedfool.com/2011/05/book-review-moneyball-art-of-winning.html
Everyone so far has had great suggestions. Any of those books would be a great start. Another sci-fi book I've enjoyed (and is much better than the movie) is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.