Acer Iconia A500 : Help me , please , - Acer Iconia A500

HI
- Where could I look for Explorer in Acer A500 ?
- Turn on and Turn off is used only by power button ? Is there another way to do it?
- Does the software like Froyo ( For Android 2.2) ... can work for this tablet ?
- How can I do to work multi subjects in same time on this tabet?.
Thanks so much , I look forward reply

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The lack of a response could be to the fact that your post is a bit hard to understand some of your questions---
For an explorer (file manager) look for one in the market. You have multiple choices like file manager hdm astro, es file manager and more
For the power button, I'm sure there's a useful widget in the market
Now the tough question..if you're asking if software designed for froyo will work, it's pretty much a yes, but there nay be some that don't like honeycomb. If you asking if froyo can be installed, then no, not now and I don't see anyone trying.
For your last question, not sure what you mean by subjects.
cungxuxu said:
HI
- Where could I look for Explorer in Acer A500 ?
- Turn on and Turn off is used only by power button ? Is there another way to do it?
- Does the software like Froyo ( For Android 2.2) ... can work for this tablet ?
- How can I do to work multi subjects in same time on this tabet?.
Thanks so much , I look forward reply
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THank so much for your replies and I apologize if my english is not clearly .
My question mean :_ Can I read a book and use the dictionary in same time ? How can I do that ?
_ I can not read a book with chm or prc ? What can I do to install chm or prc ,

cungxuxu said:
THank so much for your replies and I apologize if my english is not clearly .
My question mean :_ Can I read a book and use the dictionary in same time ? How can I do that ?
_ I can not read a book with chm or prc ? What can I do to install chm or prc ,
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You can use multiple apps by switching back and forth between them. Start you first app and hit the home button on the task bar (second button from the left at the bottom of the screen). Open the next app you want and you can hit the third button from the left and see a list of the other apps you have running and select which you want.

cungxuxu said:
THank so much for your replies and I apologize if my english is not clearly .
My question mean :_ Can I read a book and use the dictionary in same time ? How can I do that ?
_ I can not read a book with chm or prc ? What can I do to install chm or prc ,
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Some of the readers allow you to select a word and then look it up in the dictionary. The BN Nook software as an example.
Looking into the marketplace, I see an app called "Cool Reader" that states:
Reading books in epub, fb2, txt, doc, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, pml formats.
eBook reader. Supports epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml formats.
I haven't tried it though.

Thank you very much ,

saeba said:
Some of the readers allow you to select a word and then look it up in the dictionary. The BN Nook software as an example.
Looking into the marketplace, I see an app called "Cool Reader" that states:
Reading books in epub, fb2, txt, doc, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, pml formats.
eBook reader. Supports epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml formats.
I haven't tried it though.
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I use Cool Reader as my primary reader. Works great, especially when paired with Fora dictionary!

Related

ebook maker / converter free

can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
i know i can just search google but there are soo many of them some are shareware some are comerical some are free.....
it's a jungle out there!
PErsonally I use mobipocket, for a couple of reasons..
It supports OEB (Non- protected books, so in 10 years time you will still be able to read them)
The reader is free (on the website it is advertised as a trial - this is for the pro version, install it anyway under the trial, aftrer the trial ends you can still use the software but some of the more complex functions are disabled -like autoscroll)
The reader will operate on palm or PPC - meaning I can share my books with my friends who have palm, rather than having to reformat them.
They also supply a publisher program for creating the books, this is free for home use.
It's not microsoft
go to www.mobipocket.com
Rudegar said:
can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
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The reader I use is muBook from http://gowerpoint.com/.
It can handle .PDB, .PRC, .TXT, .RTF and .HTML as e-books, and display inline .JPG, .GIF, .PNG, .WMF (in RTF) or .BMP.
If you're starting from a TXT file, you don't gain much by converting it to an e-book format, unless you add niceties like an index.
Which book is it? If it's out of copyright, you may be able to get it from manybooks in an e-book format (with index etc.).
well as to which book it is then no it's not a copyrighted book and it's not a book you'd find anywhere on the internet, somebody i know wrote it and all
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
Rudegar said:
well as to which book it is then no it's not a copyrighted book and it's not a book you'd find anywhere on the internet, somebody i know wrote it and all
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
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Hi,
I use mobipocket too and I guess, it is a great program. You can convert your .txt - file with mobipocket publisher 3.0.
You donĀ“t need the profressional version and you have the possibiblity to take indexes and a lot of more features of formatted textes and add your bookmarks and other features.
have fun!
well i of cause have that ms ebook reader and i have acrobat reader if at all possible i would pref not installing any more ebook readers on my xda2
will it be required ?
Rudegar said:
well i of cause have that ms ebook reader and i have acrobat reader if at all possible i would pref not installing any more ebook readers on my xda2
will it be required ?
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I guess, you will be able to convert your text into pdf- or -lit - format. But the readers have less features, the files are much bigger - but it is possible...
First I had the microsoft reader and the pdf-reader too. Now I have only the mobipocket-reader...
Rudegar said:
can anybody recommend me a ebook converter / maker
got me a book as txt and i really would pref reading it as
ebook lit or at least pdf
i know i can just search google but there are soo many of them some are shareware some are comerical some are free.....
it's a jungle out there!
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Microsoft have a plugin for MS word that will convert a document into eBook .lit format.
http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/rmr.asp
Or if you want a more professional program ReaderWorks Standard by Overdrive is also available.
http://www.overdrive.com/readerworks/
Cheers
prowler
prowler
thanks i already found that word plugin
and i suppose i could use it
but then i have to take the book to work
because at home i dont have word
Have you tried PDFcreator?
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
or
http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
FREE for personal and commercial use! No watermarks! No Popup Web Ads!
Rudegar said:
i wanted to make it ebookish
because then when reading it i would be able to put bookmarks in and get a bit better more cleartypish font then the std notepad
as a rule just make it's easier and more easy to read it
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uBook will give you the choice of any font you like, with 3 different modes of anti-aliasing/alpha blending, multiple styles/backgrounds, font sizes/colors, columns, bookmarks, annotations, and it will even figure out headings etc. (for example convert CHAPTER 1 to a chapter heading). No conversion necessary. It just works.
Why lock yourself into some company's proprietary e-book format, when there's great, free, open source software that will read all sorts of formats, and offers a lot of options? If you're using an e-book reader that doesn't read .TXT files and can display them nicely, then you're cheating yourself.
You can also try PDF Printer . It supports Vista.

Which e-book reader?

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.

[HELP][REQ] CHM viewer for WinMo6.1?

hey guys
I'v got a number of documents in *.chm formats, and its incredibly frustrating that windows mobile doesn't support the format by default. I've been looking for a CHM viewer, but have been met by little success
Was hoping someone would be able to direct me to a stable CHM viewer (since the files im trying to open are upto 200MB in size) - preferably free.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS - i'll update my first post with any recommendations that are given, so others looking for a chm viewer don't have to look through the entire thread for the link.
Well, I have tried quite a few CHM viewer but the results are dismal.
Some do manage to open big files as I have big books too but then they lose the layout etc and the document in rendered useless.
For smaller documents esp those which do not have an index bar Amber CHM works well.
jano123 said:
Well, I have tried quite a few CHM viewer but the results are dismal.
Some do manage to open big files as I have big books too but then they lose the layout etc and the document in rendered useless.
For smaller documents esp those which do not have an index bar Amber CHM works well.
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thanks jano123, i'v given it a try, but as you said, the formatting gets wrecked.
its really strange how theres no good CHM viewer out there for WM6...
maaz_talha said:
hey guys
I'v got a number of documents in *.chm formats, and its incredibly frustrating that windows mobile doesn't support the format by default. I've been looking for a CHM viewer, but have been met by little success
Was hoping someone would be able to direct me to a stable CHM viewer (since the files im trying to open are upto 200MB in size) - preferably free.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS - i'll update my first post with any recommendations that are given, so others looking for a chm viewer don't have to look through the entire thread for the link.
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Hello,
MicroOLAP CHM ebook reader would do the magic. It's not for free however. I am currently using the version 2.5 on a Blackstone without any sweat. Formatting and Setting are kept as original as possible. You will definitely like it as you happens to have big clogs of eBooks. Check it out.
jensbraun said:
Hello,
MicroOLAP CHM ebook reader would do the magic. It's not for free however. I am currently using the version 2.5 on a Blackstone without any sweat. Formatting and Setting are kept as original as possible. You will definitely like it as you happens to have big clogs of eBooks. Check it out.
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thanks jensbraun.. will look into it

Ebook Reader Available?

Just had a look at Marketplace and can't see an ebook reader client.
Anyone know of one please? I would have thought that the HD2 big screen was perfect for reading.
The HD2 is excellent for reading ebooks, but you need to specify which format your ebooks are in.
My preference is for Mobipocket but this can't handle protected eReader files. For that you would need to download eReader . However I couldn't get this to install from the PC installer, though it's OK from This topic using the CAB file.
Thanks Neil, I'll give them both a try.
I like both but prefer Mobipocket!
Just a hint though- with both you need to go into the options to select screen tapping to tunr pages as the HD2 doesn't have a D-Pad
Oh- & both are free programs!
What is an ebook? I mean what is the file extension? Is there only one format for all the ebooks out there? Is it a LIT like the Microsoft Reader, or a different format?
alex fung said:
What is an ebook? I mean what is the file extension? Is there only one format for all the ebooks out there? Is it a LIT like the Microsoft Reader, or a different format?
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The file extensions are dependent on the format the ebook is encoded with, which determines which ebook reader needs to be used.
Ebooks are either encrypted or open format. To comply with the publishers requirements, all mainstream ebooks are encrypted, and different formats use different modes of protection. There is an increasing problem with being able to buy ebooks in different countries- for example many ebooks available from FictionWise can't be downloaded in UK due to licensing restrictions, but another company, BooksOnBoard have a bigger selection of globally available titles.
As you mention, Microsoft Reader used the .lit extension, but as this program doesn't work with WM6 it's a bit of a problem. There are other programs than can read .lit files, such as uBook (microbook) but they can't read any with DRM. There are ways however to strip the DRM on the PC version of MS Reader which still works.
The earliest mobile ebook reader was on the Palm Pocket, and the program I mentioned above, eReader works with these files which are still being used for mainstream books. They have the .pdb file extension
Mobipocket books have the .prc file extension but Mobipocket can also read html, text files and unencrypted eReader files.
There is unfortunately a move towards more proprietary formats with the release of devices like the Amazon and Sony ebook hardware. Also, many new ebooks are being released using the ePub format which is an Adobe protocol and is not available for any mobile devices.
Sorry for the long post! Its abit of a soapbox for me as I've been usign ebooks for a long time and relish the idea of having a large number of books always available on my devcie, especially on holiday. I don't like the way my choice has been limited more and more over the past year!
If you have your books in simple text formats (ie txt, rtf, doc, html), alreader should be perfect for you.
the format which is winning the ebook format wars is .epub and there is areader out there for that particular format...Freda
blackheart2925 said:
the format which is winning the ebook format wars is .epub and there is areader out there for that particular format...Freda
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Thanks for that- it's a very good start. It is only for non-encrypted ePub files though, and unfortunatley the vast majority of commercial titles are encrypted
NeilM said:
Thanks for that- it's a very good start. It is only for non-encrypted ePub files though, and unfortunatley the vast majority of commercial titles are encrypted
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There are tools on the internet that can be used for decrypting DRM-protected EPUBS (a Google search on INEPT will lead you in the right direction). Depending where you live, it may or may not be legal for you to download and use them though
Jim
I use Micrsoft Reader and Mobipocket. First because I have a big archive with books in .lit format, and the second one because I can convert lots of formats in books who works for it and I like this program allot. one problem if I can call it a problem is lack of updates for it. For example to make progress bar from bottom of page bigger or to make some animation with page flip (now I see iPad have implemented that). It may seem like some graphics nonsense but I think this are very important because of psychological effect (feeling good reading a book but filing good about it from start of the program) at the end of day you read a book to relax and feel good (technical or any educational books come usual in .pdf format so are not included in discussion). and I think because of power and size of screen HD2 deserve better graphics. Don't forget that iPhone had big success because of better graphics with a OS witch odder ways it was waaaaay inferior to WM, just because of that psychological effect created by very well designed graphics.
Grab a copy of freda (search here on xda). It's the best free epub reader out there. There'll be a new version released soon by Jim.
I do like Freda, but it's not finger friendly. Particularly the Library View. You need fingers like a small bushbaby to select a particular book.
Best I've tried up to now though.
I used Palm to read ebooks since lots of years ago, when I moved to WM I still using the same aplication: iSilo
iSilo consist in two aplications... one in WM wich you use to read and another on the pc wich you use to encode the files to iSilo format (pdb). You can encode lots of file formats including plain txt and html (with images) or grab complete websites.
I love iSilo cause a 5 megabytes pdf can be just a 200k pdb file and got autoscroll with is a feature I love to read books (ipad don't have that)
Alpha4 said:
I do like Freda, but it's not finger friendly. Particularly the Library View. You need fingers like a small bushbaby to select a particular book.
Best I've tried up to now though.
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I hope you've popped some feedback on the freda thread. Jim is always looking for improvements so comments from the user base will drive this!
Yep I will fix that display to make the lines a bit bigger. Actually, I've been thinking about implementing a setting to let the user control the font-size and line spacing used for controls (because some people don't mind poking the screen with a fingernail, whereas others really want to use finger-tips - but there is a trade-off in that the larger the controls, the fewer lines will fit the screen).
Anyhow, I had been thinking the setting should have values called 'small/medium/large', but it's clear that what I need is 'bushbaby/human/gorilla'
Thanks for using Freda.
Jim
what about flip page animation like in SPB Shell v.2 or iPad? Is that posible to implement?
Jim Chapman said:
Yep I will fix that display to make the lines a bit bigger. Actually, I've been thinking about implementing a setting to let the user control the font-size and line spacing used for controls (because some people don't mind poking the screen with a fingernail, whereas others really want to use finger-tips - but there is a trade-off in that the larger the controls, the fewer lines will fit the screen).
Anyhow, I had been thinking the setting should have values called 'small/medium/large', but it's clear that what I need is 'bushbaby/human/gorilla'
Thanks for using Freda.
Jim
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Thanks Jim, sounds good. One point I will make is that the HD2 has a capacitive touch screen and, as you no doubt know, a fingernail won't register a touch at all. Almost any other body part is fine though .
I look forward to the next version of Freda.
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what about flip page animation like in SPB Shell v.2 or iPad? Is that posible to implement?
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Freda has a rather simplistic animation which appears when you scroll up/down, or slide pages left/right. It would be nice to more sophisticated animation approach (like Stanza for instance), which shows the page contents distorted and shaded as they turn. I may implement that at some stage, but it would be complicated because I'd have to use the DirectDraw Sprite APIs, rather than the regular .NetCF GDI APIs - and that (a) would involve a fair amount of re-writing (b) might create portability problems.
Thanks for your interest in Freda,
Jim
Thanks for answer. I think a program with this kind of features will became no one on market because the trent (made by Apple) is for people to looking to "looks" of progams and not their utility.
Just my opinion.

eReader Help!!!!!!!!

Does anyone know what format the books have to be in and where do we put them in order to get them to work? thnkx a lot
nemo0405 said:
Does anyone know what format the books have to be in and where do we put them in order to get them to work? thnkx a lot
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i recommend you Alreader2, it reads .txt, .docx, .doc, .pb2, .zip, and web files and u can keep the books anywhere u want
i think hes asking about ereader...they new to be in a .epub file...you can convert most files into this with a word processer ,,save them to doc/erader/books
then you go into settings/system ereader indexer and hit index...
The books need to be in a fodler names My Documents\Peanut Press. This folder can be in main memory OR on your card. eReadr will install itself to main memory but you can easily move the .exe to the card if you want.
chrisloveskaos said:
i think hes asking about ereader...they new to be in a .epub file...you can convert most files into this with a word processer ,,save them to doc/erader/books
then you go into settings/system ereader indexer and hit index...
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No.
eReader does not read .epub books at all.
It started on the Palm platform, so reads .pdb (Palm DataBase) files. With the right software, you can convert an .epub book into a .pdb one.
I have used eReader for many years and generally like it. I haven't found a good reader for .epub books that I like as much (including freda, which is probably the best one currently available).
schmenge is correct that the books (.pdb format and some .prc's) need to be in \My Documents\Peanut Press either in device memory or on the storage card.
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No.
eReader does not read .epub books at all.
It started on the Palm platform, so reads .pdb (Palm DataBase) files. With the right software, you can convert an .epub book into a .pdb one.
I have used eReader for many years and generally like it. I haven't found a good reader for .epub books that I like as much (including freda, which is probably the best one currently available).
schmenge is correct that the books (.pdb format and some .prc's) need to be in \My Documents\Peanut Press either in device memory or on the storage card.
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Are we talking about the eReader in a lot of the HD2 roms out now??
There are 10 examples in the folders on the internal storage. And there's also a books.db file. I just used a SQLLite 3 editor to edit it and inject my own info into the books.db file. And I also put an .epub file in the Books dir.
It opened after a hard reset. Painful process to get it into the db but hey, I can side swipe the .epub books there and don't have to scroll down continually.
So, the HTC HD2 DOES read epub files. I used Stanza Desktop to create one from an MS LIT format file. Copied it over, edited the books.db, and hard reset and it worked.
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i think hes asking about ereader...they new to be in a .epub file...you can convert most files into this with a word processer ,,save them to doc/erader/books
then you go into settings/system ereader indexer and hit index...
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i think hes asking about ereader...they new to be in a .epub file...you can convert most files into this with a word processer ,,save them to doc/erader/books
then you go into settings/system ereader indexer and hit index...
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thank you very much i did that and ran the eBook Indexer and it works like a charm
MrAskani said:
Are we talking about the eReader in a lot of the HD2 roms out now??
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I can't imagine why we would be. This is a Touch Pro 2 forum.
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I can't imagine why we would be. This is a Touch Pro 2 forum.
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Because some TP2 ROMs use parts of the latest HD2 Sense with eReader Tab. DeepShining X2 for example.
Mad Marc said:
Because some TP2 ROMs use parts of the latest HD2 Sense with eReader Tab. DeepShining X2 for example.
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What he said...
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I can't imagine why we would be. This is a Touch Pro 2 forum.
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On the other hand...tt's also not a Palm forum, so why would anyone be using .pdb -- Palm database -- files?
Mad Marc said:
Because some TP2 ROMs use parts of the latest HD2 Sense with eReader Tab. DeepShining X2 for example.
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Yes, all of the many TP2 custom roms that have "LEO" in the title/name (and some that don't) are using Manila/Sense from the HD2 (aka LEO).
MCbrian said:
On the other hand...tt's also not a Palm forum, so why would anyone be using .pdb -- Palm database -- files?
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Because eReader was released for Windows Mobile many years (6? 7?) ago and PalmOS has gone the way of the dodo. You probably just skipped over my explanation ("...started on the Palm platform...) or are pretending to be unable to understand that in order to make a point.
The primary reasons for using that format (irrespective of platform or the history of the extension name) are:
1) People have already-purchased ebooks in that format and want to be able to read them without conversion.
2) They're still being sold by the bucketful.
3) Many high-quality free ebooks are readily available in .pdb format and not readily available in other formats.
The only current devices running eReader are WinMo, Symbian, Android, iPhone, Windows, Mac, and Blackberry devices. eBooks in .pdb form are sold at http://www.ereader.com/, owned by Barnes and Noble. It's a fairly large and well-established enterprise and I don't think it's unreasonable to make the assumption that, in the absence of all other identifying information, the OP was referring to the eReader from eReader.com.
Yes, all of the many TP2 custom roms that have "LEO" in the title/name (and some that don't) are using Manila/Sense from the HD2 (aka LEO).
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Gotcha. All of those include the eReader tab? It must be pretty well-hidden on the ones I've flashed.
Since there are apparently now two apps called "eReader," one well-established for many years and one brand-new and bleeding-edge, it might not be a bad idea to specify to which of those one is referring.
MrAskani said:
What he said...
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Only problem is that the settings applet does not seem to exist
Just to add to the confusion, BOTH of the eReader apps that I know of are from Barnes & Noble. The original, .pdb-only version that started with Palm then went to Peanut Press is now owned by them. The new, .epub version from the Leo Reader tab is also from B-N.
Confusing and silly.
I can't think of any good reason they don't update their original eReader app so it can handle .epub books, which they also sell.
mstevens said:
Just to add to the confusion, BOTH of the eReader apps that I know of are from Barnes & Noble. The original, .pdb-only version that started with Palm then went to Peanut Press is now owned by them. The new, .epub version from the Leo Reader tab is also from B-N.
Confusing and silly.
I can't think of any good reason they don't update their original eReader app so it can handle .epub books, which they also sell.
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Nope. The sense ui tab is connected to Borders.
However, B&N's reader, which is not yet on WinMo, does use a lot of epub (in addition to some pdb) as you say. The reason they don't update the original ereader app is because fictionwise/ereader.com have remained under their own management and retained their own online store (once, the largest ebook store in existence). Since they don't sell epub, they see no need for epub support.
mstevens made the correct assumption. If someone asks about eReader support on any winmo forum, I'd suggest pdb PML files. If they wanted to know about the tab, they should have specified. "eReader" is the name of a very specific and incredibly popular application, not to be applied to anything that happens to read books.
This works for my ereader tab in New 2.5 build .epub format
nemo0405 said:
Does anyone know what format the books have to be in and where do we put them in order to get them to work? thnkx a lot
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635947
Here you go all the books that you can ever read just follow the instructions
fortunz said:
Nope. The sense ui tab is connected to Borders.
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Whoops - brain fart on my part.

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