09-24-2008, 04:46 AM | #1 |
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Android and ebooks
As far as I can tell there is no ebook application for the Android operating system yet. Is that right?
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09-24-2008, 05:03 AM | #2 |
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There are no devices which use the operating system yet, are there? Seems a little premature to expect application support.
If it does prove to be a commercial success, I'd expect to see a version of the MobiPocket Reader for it. Mobi already have a Java version of their reader, so it should be relatively straightforward to port it to Android. |
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Its made by HTC, and will be in US customers hands by the 22 of October and probably be introduced in other markets in a few months. |
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09-24-2008, 05:43 AM | #5 |
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I thought that it would only allow the user to install Java apps on it. Is FBReader written in Java?
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09-24-2008, 05:54 AM | #6 |
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09-24-2008, 06:01 AM | #7 |
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http://www.htc.com/www/product/g1/overview.html And it might be worth it to talk to your local HTC Dealer / Rep to ask when their going to release a unlocked version, as I don't think any other network will adopt it untill, its been in circulation for a few months. |
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FBReader is ported to Android: http://www.fbreader.org/FBReaderJ/screenshots.php
Lexcycle is working on an Android version of Stanza too. |
09-24-2008, 07:49 AM | #9 |
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I googled a bit and I might have been using wishful thinking when I though they would support native C/C++ applications.
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09-24-2008, 08:50 AM | #10 |
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Google is in love with Java and Python. Guess we should expect support for both of these languages on Android.
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10-25-2008, 03:56 AM | #11 |
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FBReaderJ not working on my HTC dream
I have a G1 phone and tried to download the FBReaderJ package - unfortunately it doesn't install for some reason. Any experience with this from others?
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05-31-2009, 10:43 AM | #13 |
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Another ebook reader available on Android is Reveal Reader. You can download it from the Market, or read about it here:
http://revealreader.thepackhams.com/ http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.jackcholt.reveal |
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Well, I don't have a G1 - but I've got a Magic with Cupcake on it, and no problems with FBReaderJ there... looking into this Reveal Reader thing right now though
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06-03-2009, 08:10 PM | #15 |
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If rumors are tru about Google entering the ebook realm, we'll definitely see a number of ebook readers for Android very soon.
I've seen revealread in action, it's pretty solid, but the device I was using had a small screen, so it was a bit painful. |
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