Alexander Turcic
05-21-2004, 02:59 AM
Palm Digital Media's PalmReader Pro has been renamed to eReader Pro.
What is the marketing strategy behind this name change by PDM's mother company PowerByHand (http://www.powerbyhand.com/corporate/index.html)?
PowerByHand owns PalmGear.com, Palm Digital Media.com, PocketGear.com, and Power Training, and - this one is new - eReader.com (http://www.ereader.com). eReader.com is a web-based store, which leads me to believe that Palm Digital Media is soon no more.
eReader.com V2.5.0 changelog:
- The application name has changed from Palm Reader to eReader (obviously)
- The default toolbar uses large icons, in color on Palm OS 5 handhelds. Note that this will cause books to be repaginated when first opened after the upgrade.
- Support additional screen orientations on TapWave Zodiac handhelds.
- Fix a bug where soft hyphens were not drawn if full justification was on.
- After selecting text in a book, choose the "Copy Quote" item to copy the selection to the clipboard [Pro only].
- Fix a bug that could cause highlights to be placed on the wrong page [Pro only].
- Requires 400K free memory.
A trial is available (http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/products/palmreader/trial) (2 (http://www.ereader.com/products/ereader/trial)) until July 1, 2004.
What is the marketing strategy behind this name change by PDM's mother company PowerByHand (http://www.powerbyhand.com/corporate/index.html)?
PowerByHand owns PalmGear.com, Palm Digital Media.com, PocketGear.com, and Power Training, and - this one is new - eReader.com (http://www.ereader.com). eReader.com is a web-based store, which leads me to believe that Palm Digital Media is soon no more.
eReader.com V2.5.0 changelog:
- The application name has changed from Palm Reader to eReader (obviously)
- The default toolbar uses large icons, in color on Palm OS 5 handhelds. Note that this will cause books to be repaginated when first opened after the upgrade.
- Support additional screen orientations on TapWave Zodiac handhelds.
- Fix a bug where soft hyphens were not drawn if full justification was on.
- After selecting text in a book, choose the "Copy Quote" item to copy the selection to the clipboard [Pro only].
- Fix a bug that could cause highlights to be placed on the wrong page [Pro only].
- Requires 400K free memory.
A trial is available (http://www.palmdigitalmedia.com/products/palmreader/trial) (2 (http://www.ereader.com/products/ereader/trial)) until July 1, 2004.