good free reader for PPC?

ignatz · 07-13-2004, 08:49 AM

I've been around here long enough that I feel like I should know this one, but... I have a friend who is just getting into reading ebooks on his PPC. He's asking me about good free readers, but all I have is Palm, and I'm not sure what's available (I've always ignored the PPC threads: call me narrow-minded). I told him about MobiPocket and Microsoft Reader and iSilo (though the free version is pretty limited). What about Vade Mecum? Is it any good? And besides iSilo, what $$ readers are worth the dough? Thanks for the help, ya'll...

Colin Dunstan · 07-13-2004, 02:51 PM

ignatz, tell him to try uBook... Craig also mentioned it in this thread:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1943

Greets

cbarnett · 07-15-2004, 12:31 AM

ubook is very nice for reading rtf, html, plaintext or palm doc files. It's very configurable, skinnable, works on zipped files, has a windows version, is constantly being updated, and is free! It's my favourite reader.

Having said that, I have installed (and registered) isilo, mobipocket and palm/ereader (just in case

).

For reading secure ebooks, ereader or mobipocket are the way to go (unless you use convertlit or something similar for lit files). I prefer the mobipocket reader to ereader, but if I must have DRM, I rather prefer ereaders... <sigh>

The cost to register either (or both!) isn't that great either (even for we poor Australians and the current exchange rate with the US$.

Craig.

Craig.

07-13-2004, 08:49 AM	#1
ignatz mechanoholic Posts: 582 Karma: 1000217 Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sarasota, FL Device: Nook STR/iPhone 4S/EVO 4G	good free reader for PPC? I've been around here long enough that I feel like I should know this one, but... I have a friend who is just getting into reading ebooks on his PPC. He's asking me about good free readers, but all I have is Palm, and I'm not sure what's available (I've always ignored the PPC threads: call me narrow-minded). I told him about MobiPocket and Microsoft Reader and iSilo (though the free version is pretty limited). What about Vade Mecum? Is it any good? And besides iSilo, what $$ readers are worth the dough? Thanks for the help, ya'll...

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07-13-2004, 02:51 PM	#2
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	ignatz, tell him to try uBook... Craig also mentioned it in this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1943 Greets

07-15-2004, 12:31 AM	#3
cbarnett MR prodigal son Posts: 1,085 Karma: 1083739 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O	ubook is very nice for reading rtf, html, plaintext or palm doc files. It's very configurable, skinnable, works on zipped files, has a windows version, is constantly being updated, and is free! It's my favourite reader. Having said that, I have installed (and registered) isilo, mobipocket and palm/ereader (just in case ). For reading secure ebooks, ereader or mobipocket are the way to go (unless you use convertlit or something similar for lit files). I prefer the mobipocket reader to ereader, but if I must have DRM, I rather prefer ereaders... <sigh> The cost to register either (or both!) isn't that great either (even for we poor Australians and the current exchange rate with the US$. Craig. Craig.

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